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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1440
17 Oct 2026, 22:50 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionLHX6 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredb32e69861495d3b5
discovery-0.46 p=0.215 n=9
replication-0.17 p=0.665 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.46, p 0.215)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1440: LHX6 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.36 (p 0.142, n 18), 95% CI -0.71 to +0.13. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.36 (p 0.142, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.53 (p 0.025, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.53 to -0.29, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.36 (p 0.142, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for LHX6 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.