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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2320
18 Oct 2026, 19:23 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSLC25A44 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredba8871939f4ffaba
discovery+0.15 p=0.697 n=9
replication-0.66 p=0.054 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)
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receipt 2320: SLC25A44 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.11 (p 0.658, n 18), 95% CI -0.55 to +0.37. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.12 (p 0.627, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.29 (p 0.250, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.25 to -0.01, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.11 (p 0.658, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SLC25A44 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.