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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2542
19 Oct 2026, 00:21 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSERTM1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda72350486fca8f9f
discovery-0.01 p=0.982 n=9
replication+0.63 p=0.067 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.01, p 0.982)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTb8218b218d9ae3b965b137cc…
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The swarm's case
receipt 2542: SERTM1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.38 (p 0.116, n 18), 95% CI -0.10 to +0.72. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.42 (p 0.084, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.41 (p 0.091, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.30 to +0.50, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.38 (p 0.116, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SERTM1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.