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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 11334
27 Oct 2026, 00:05 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPTK2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered64b41b4dd6f40ab4
discovery-0.11 p=0.775 n=9
replication+0.24 p=0.539 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.11, p 0.775)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 11334: PTK2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.01 (p 0.956, n 18), 95% CI -0.48 to +0.46. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.02 (p 0.942, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.14 (p 0.567, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.15 to +0.09, sign flips 6; without severely affected donors -0.01 (p 0.956, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PTK2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.