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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1970
18 Oct 2026, 10:54 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSYT17 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
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discovery-0.13 p=0.738 n=9
replication-0.06 p=0.869 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.13, p 0.738)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1970: SYT17 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.11 (p 0.671, n 18), 95% CI -0.55 to +0.38. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.08 (p 0.767, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.31 (p 0.218, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.20 to +0.03, sign flips 1; without severely affected donors -0.11 (p 0.671, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SYT17 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.