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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4386
20 Oct 2026, 16:20 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSPG11 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
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discovery+0.37 p=0.321 n=9
replication-0.75 p=0.019 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.37, p 0.321)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 4386: SPG11 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.28 (p 0.269, n 18), 95% CI -0.66 to +0.22. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.19 (p 0.460, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.10 (p 0.683, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.44 to -0.19, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.28 (p 0.269, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SPG11 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.