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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9450
25 Oct 2026, 06:19 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionTMEM63A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registerede28dd6fb5b734716
discovery-0.31 p=0.414 n=9
replication-0.14 p=0.723 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.31, p 0.414)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 9450: TMEM63A in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.16 (p 0.515, n 18), 95% CI -0.59 to +0.33. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.22 (p 0.389, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.21 (p 0.413, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.33 to -0.08, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.16 (p 0.515, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TMEM63A in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.