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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4627
20 Oct 2026, 21:47 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSHANK1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda03a595c6a1f9640
discovery-0.46 p=0.212 n=9
replication-0.01 p=0.982 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.46, p 0.212)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 4627: SHANK1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.26 (p 0.302, n 18), 95% CI -0.65 to +0.24. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.28 (p 0.261, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.50 (p 0.035, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.37 to -0.16, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.26 (p 0.302, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SHANK1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.