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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4459
20 Oct 2026, 17:59 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSTX1B in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredb57a35aba6f72ecc
discovery-0.40 p=0.285 n=9
replication+0.00 p=1.000 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.40, p 0.285)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 4459: STX1B in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.29 (p 0.235, n 18), 95% CI -0.67 to +0.20. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.30 (p 0.221, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.34 (p 0.161, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.43 to -0.20, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.29 (p 0.235, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for STX1B in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.