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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10323
26 Oct 2026, 01:40 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSDC4 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered9a7ae140e367c811
discovery-0.37 p=0.324 n=9
replication+0.59 p=0.092 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.37, p 0.324)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 10323: SDC4 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.27 (p 0.273, n 18), 95% CI -0.22 to +0.66. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.25 (p 0.319, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.22 (p 0.374, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.16 to +0.37, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.27 (p 0.273, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SDC4 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.