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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9879
25 Oct 2026, 15:54 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSCG5 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredb0047df66714ab48
discovery-0.11 p=0.785 n=9
replication+0.31 p=0.414 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.11, p 0.785)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 9879: SCG5 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.10 (p 0.702, 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 0.573, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.10 (p 0.696, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.02 to +0.19, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors +0.10 (p 0.702, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SCG5 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.