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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1706
18 Oct 2026, 04:34 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSLC39A7 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered6b9c0f947dd9f790
discovery+0.05 p=0.891 n=9
replication-0.27 p=0.474 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.05, p 0.891)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1706: SLC39A7 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.12 (p 0.646, n 18), 95% CI -0.55 to +0.37. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.08 (p 0.754, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.00 (p 0.997, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.27 to +0.01, sign flips 1; without severely affected donors -0.12 (p 0.646, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SLC39A7 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.