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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 11538
27 Oct 2026, 04:06 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionKCNJ12 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered37dffcf1a5cd35c7
discovery-0.61 p=0.080 n=9
replication-0.18 p=0.646 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.61, p 0.080)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 11538: KCNJ12 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.33 (p 0.176, n 18), 95% CI -0.69 to +0.16. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.34 (p 0.161, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.44 (p 0.067, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.45 to -0.25, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.33 (p 0.176, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for KCNJ12 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.