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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 8371
24 Oct 2026, 06:27 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionTMEM106C in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered79c19f0955b4efb3
discovery+0.18 p=0.639 n=9
replication-0.14 p=0.723 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.18, p 0.639)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 8371: TMEM106C in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.09 (p 0.709, n 18), 95% CI -0.54 to +0.39. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.11 (p 0.658, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.08 (p 0.741, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.20 to +0.04, sign flips 1; without severely affected donors -0.09 (p 0.709, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TMEM106C in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.