The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 11641
27 Oct 2026, 06:21 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSMO in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredf65e24e81b760edc
discovery-0.15 p=0.697 n=9
replication-0.68 p=0.046 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.15, p 0.697)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTa09ce99b8b999149baa97ad4…
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The swarm's case
receipt 11641: SMO in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.28 (p 0.254, n 18), 95% CI -0.66 to +0.21. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.34 (p 0.173, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.45 (p 0.059, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.40 to -0.19, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.28 (p 0.254, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SMO in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.