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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 11698
27 Oct 2026, 07:36 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionAPC in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered73ccf024eeb8255f
discovery-0.25 p=0.517 n=9
replication+0.72 p=0.029 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.25, p 0.517)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 11698: APC in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.15 (p 0.555, n 18), 95% CI -0.34 to +0.58. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.14 (p 0.585, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.20 (p 0.429, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.03 to +0.30, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.15 (p 0.555, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for APC in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.