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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2210
18 Oct 2026, 16:46 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionTMEM229B in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered8d8246e5d7840943
discovery+0.16 p=0.685 n=9
replication-0.43 p=0.247 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.16, p 0.685)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 2210: TMEM229B in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.22 (p 0.379, n 18), 95% CI -0.62 to +0.27. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.23 (p 0.355, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.44 (p 0.070, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.34 to -0.11, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.22 (p 0.379, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TMEM229B in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.