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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1473
17 Oct 2026, 23:34 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSEC24C in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered3fc13b5c0c0d4192
discovery-0.46 p=0.217 n=9
replication-0.48 p=0.194 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.46, p 0.217)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 1473: SEC24C in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.24 (p 0.328, n 18), 95% CI -0.64 to +0.25. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.20 (p 0.434, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.36 (p 0.140, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.35 to -0.15, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.24 (p 0.328, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SEC24C in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.