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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 13956
29 Oct 2026, 09:34 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSLC44A4 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registerede61c72f5f13dca23
discovery-0.37 p=0.334 n=9
replication-0.34 p=0.375 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.37, p 0.334)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 13956: SLC44A4 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.34 (p 0.161, n 18), 95% CI -0.70 to +0.15. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.33 (p 0.185, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.41 (p 0.093, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.48 to -0.25, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.34 (p 0.161, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SLC44A4 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.