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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10150
25 Oct 2026, 21:55 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionRPTOR in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered70efdece70febc09
discovery-0.22 p=0.567 n=9
replication-0.60 p=0.090 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.22, p 0.567)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 10150: RPTOR in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.35 (p 0.156, n 18), 95% CI -0.70 to +0.14. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.34 (p 0.170, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.51 (p 0.032, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.46 to -0.27, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.35 (p 0.156, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for RPTOR in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.