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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0894
17 Oct 2026, 09:07 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSHMT1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredc25e4757aa6cf266
discovery-0.26 p=0.502 n=9
replication-0.27 p=0.489 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.26, p 0.502)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTcd10599e18c6d2072b8b6bf1…
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The swarm's case
receipt 0894: SHMT1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.27 (p 0.285, n 18), 95% CI -0.65 to +0.23. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.26 (p 0.298, 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 0.173, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.43 to -0.17, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.27 (p 0.285, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SHMT1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.