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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4631
20 Oct 2026, 21:53 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSMARCA2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda7abffb1081fc824
discovery+0.35 p=0.360 n=9
replication+0.44 p=0.234 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.35, p 0.360)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 4631: SMARCA2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.42 (p 0.084, n 18), 95% CI -0.06 to +0.74. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.36 (p 0.140, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.35 (p 0.153, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.34 to +0.56, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.42 (p 0.084, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SMARCA2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.