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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1194
17 Oct 2026, 17:00 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNDUFAF3 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered3bbf6809d7f9ebd2
discovery+0.12 p=0.749 n=9
replication-0.19 p=0.623 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.12, p 0.749)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1194: NDUFAF3 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.04 (p 0.881, n 18), 95% CI -0.50 to +0.44. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.06 (p 0.820, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.09 (p 0.735, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.18 to +0.09, sign flips 6; without severely affected donors -0.04 (p 0.881, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NDUFAF3 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.