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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1675
18 Oct 2026, 03:48 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionMCCC2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered31f51de2ba03602e
discovery+0.46 p=0.209 n=9
replication-0.14 p=0.724 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.46, p 0.209)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1675: MCCC2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.06 (p 0.827, n 18), 95% CI -0.42 to +0.51. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.06 (p 0.827, 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 -0.03 to +0.19, sign flips 5; without severely affected donors +0.06 (p 0.827, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MCCC2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.