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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3873
20 Oct 2026, 04:54 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSLC12A6 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredd61ea63bce956bfa
discovery+0.58 p=0.102 n=9
replication+0.48 p=0.186 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.58, p 0.102)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 3873: SLC12A6 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.42 (p 0.084, n 18), 95% CI -0.06 to +0.74. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.49 (p 0.037, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.39 (p 0.111, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.35 to +0.53, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.42 (p 0.084, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SLC12A6 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.