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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1347
17 Oct 2026, 20:41 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionKIF12 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registerede056b5721069d291
discovery+0.05 p=0.893 n=9
replication-0.83 p=0.0061 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.05, p 0.893)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 1347: KIF12 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.40 (p 0.097, n 18), 95% CI -0.73 to +0.08. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.40 (p 0.097, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.56 (p 0.016, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.57 to -0.33, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.40 (p 0.097, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for KIF12 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.