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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3080
19 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSPTBN2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered8bb0efa3abd856d3
discovery+0.12 p=0.756 n=9
replication-0.37 p=0.329 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.12, p 0.756)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 3080: SPTBN2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.23 (p 0.369, n 18), 95% CI -0.63 to +0.27. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.21 (p 0.403, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.39 (p 0.107, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.34 to -0.13, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.23 (p 0.369, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SPTBN2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.