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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 15574
30 Oct 2026, 22:44 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSLC29A4 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered998a8cda22627c61
discovery-0.31 p=0.414 n=9
replication-0.53 p=0.138 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.31, p 0.414)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 15574: SLC29A4 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.44 (p 0.067, n 18), 95% CI -0.75 to +0.03. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.43 (p 0.079, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.53 (p 0.025, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.56 to -0.37, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.44 (p 0.067, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SLC29A4 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.