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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 15409
30 Oct 2026, 18:59 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionTMEM17 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered3adccbfb147b60bd
discovery+0.49 p=0.186 n=9
replication-0.11 p=0.784 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.49, p 0.186)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 15409: TMEM17 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.16 (p 0.515, n 18), 95% CI -0.33 to +0.59. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.23 (p 0.369, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.14 (p 0.585, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.07 to +0.31, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.16 (p 0.515, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TMEM17 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.