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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 8238
24 Oct 2026, 03:31 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionABCC6 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredc65e01ab1f9accf8
discovery-0.45 p=0.224 n=9
replication-0.22 p=0.567 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.45, p 0.224)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 8238: ABCC6 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.24 (p 0.332, n 18), 95% CI -0.64 to +0.25. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.27 (p 0.281, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.32 (p 0.198, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.39 to -0.15, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.24 (p 0.332, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ABCC6 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.