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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0588
17 Oct 2026, 02:31 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSMPD1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registerede1045d02b4931da0
discovery+0.52 p=0.152 n=9
replication-0.45 p=0.227 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.52, p 0.152)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0588: SMPD1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.09 (p 0.735, n 18), 95% CI -0.53 to +0.40. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.11 (p 0.677, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.12 (p 0.640, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.23 to +0.02, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors -0.09 (p 0.735, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SMPD1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.