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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 13870
29 Oct 2026, 07:35 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSLC22A17 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredc987c6a3b9b7944b
discovery-0.18 p=0.646 n=9
replication-0.31 p=0.416 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.18, p 0.646)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 13870: SLC22A17 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.26 (p 0.298, n 18), 95% CI -0.65 to +0.24. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.23 (p 0.365, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.21 (p 0.398, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.39 to -0.14, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.26 (p 0.298, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SLC22A17 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.