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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1662
18 Oct 2026, 03:26 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCDC42EP1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered97dfbe7a7c105d58
discovery+0.07 p=0.859 n=9
replication-0.04 p=0.909 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.07, p 0.859)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1662: CDC42EP1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.09 (p 0.722, n 18), 95% CI -0.53 to +0.39. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.11 (p 0.677, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.08 (p 0.767, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.24 to +0.00, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors -0.09 (p 0.722, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CDC42EP1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.