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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1315
17 Oct 2026, 19:54 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSERPINB6 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredf70645c7dfec702c
discovery+0.18 p=0.648 n=9
replication-0.73 p=0.025 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.18, p 0.648)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 1315: SERPINB6 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.35 (p 0.159, n 18), 95% CI -0.70 to +0.14. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.40 (p 0.097, 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 0.060, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.49 to -0.26, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.35 (p 0.159, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SERPINB6 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.