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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3813
20 Oct 2026, 03:34 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSLC5A5 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered7cd72c3206d4a7b2
discovery-0.30 p=0.428 n=9
replication+0.25 p=0.520 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.30, p 0.428)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 3813: SLC5A5 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.14 (p 0.591, n 18), 95% CI -0.57 to +0.35. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.22 (p 0.384, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.11 (p 0.658, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.23 to -0.02, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.14 (p 0.591, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SLC5A5 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.