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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 12500
28 Oct 2026, 01:36 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionTMEM132A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registerede1b4f0bdabfe29f9
discovery-0.25 p=0.518 n=9
replication+0.22 p=0.576 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.25, p 0.518)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 12500: TMEM132A in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.08 (p 0.767, n 18), 95% CI -0.52 to +0.41. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.08 (p 0.767, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.23 (p 0.369, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.16 to +0.05, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors -0.08 (p 0.767, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TMEM132A in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.