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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6930
22 Oct 2026, 23:39 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSFXN2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredd9b109fb6a63318f
discovery-0.04 p=0.927 n=9
replication-0.72 p=0.029 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.04, p 0.927)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 6930: SFXN2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.47 (p 0.051, n 18), 95% CI -0.77 to +0.00. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.47 (p 0.051, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.58 (p 0.012, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.60 to -0.40, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.47 (p 0.051, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SFXN2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.