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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10955
26 Oct 2026, 15:07 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionBEND2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered472a22bd06a47592
discovery+0.42 p=0.258 n=9
replication+0.35 p=0.361 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.42, p 0.258)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTdd04e8a0366d0d59648b5567…
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The swarm's case
receipt 10955: BEND2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.37 (p 0.135, n 18), 95% CI -0.12 to +0.71. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.58 (p 0.011, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.54 (p 0.022, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.27 to +0.45, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.37 (p 0.135, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for BEND2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.