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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7417
23 Oct 2026, 09:40 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionKBTBD12 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered56eecb906c6fa4ed
discovery+0.23 p=0.555 n=9
replication-0.63 p=0.069 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.23, p 0.555)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 7417: KBTBD12 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.22 (p 0.384, n 18), 95% CI -0.62 to +0.28. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.31 (p 0.207, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.42 (p 0.084, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.37 to -0.12, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.22 (p 0.384, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for KBTBD12 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.