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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10990
26 Oct 2026, 16:03 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNFATC2IP in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered16b15c1fc9a85b0f
discovery-0.43 p=0.251 n=9
replication-0.65 p=0.058 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.43, p 0.251)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 10990: NFATC2IP in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.46 (p 0.056, n 18), 95% CI -0.76 to +0.01. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.51 (p 0.030, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.51 (p 0.030, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.56 to -0.40, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.46 (p 0.056, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NFATC2IP in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.