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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4763
21 Oct 2026, 01:08 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionKCNA7 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereddd078395a14870b3
discovery-0.30 p=0.428 n=9
replication-0.43 p=0.243 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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The swarm's case
receipt 4763: KCNA7 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.40 (p 0.099, n 18), 95% CI -0.73 to +0.08. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.39 (p 0.109, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.37 (p 0.135, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.52 to -0.32, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.40 (p 0.099, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for KCNA7 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.