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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5169
21 Oct 2026, 09:34 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSUSD4 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered577e79ddafd9b27e
discovery-0.15 p=0.702 n=9
replication+0.63 p=0.071 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.15, p 0.702)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 5169: SUSD4 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.09 (p 0.715, n 18), 95% CI -0.39 to +0.54. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.14 (p 0.591, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.11 (p 0.658, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.01 to +0.23, sign flips 1; without severely affected donors +0.09 (p 0.715, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SUSD4 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.