The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2789
19 Oct 2026, 05:13 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionKCNN2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredb29c0a48f6908086
discovery+0.94 p=2.1e-4 n=9
replication-0.42 p=0.258 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
did not replicate (discovery +0.94 p 2.1e-4; held-out -0.42 p 0.258)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 2789: KCNN2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.39 (p 0.114, n 18), 95% CI -0.10 to +0.72. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.36 (p 0.142, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.36 (p 0.142, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.30 to +0.58, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.39 (p 0.114, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for KCNN2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.