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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10868
26 Oct 2026, 13:08 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNAGA in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda8159e57104f9a0a
discovery+0.06 p=0.888 n=9
replication-0.32 p=0.400 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.06, p 0.888)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 10868: NAGA 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: -0.35 (p 0.156, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.43 (p 0.075, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.44 to -0.25, 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 NAGA in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.