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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0413
17 Oct 2026, 00:09 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPTPN12 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered4039bb3bb849d331
discovery+0.38 p=0.311 n=9
replication-0.41 p=0.272 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.38, p 0.311)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0413: PTPN12 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.02 (p 0.928, n 18), 95% CI -0.48 to +0.45. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.04 (p 0.861, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.03 (p 0.908, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.15 to +0.09, sign flips 5; without severely affected donors -0.02 (p 0.928, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PTPN12 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.