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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1899
18 Oct 2026, 09:12 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNIT1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredf3357ab239c7682b
discovery+0.42 p=0.266 n=9
replication-0.19 p=0.630 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.42, p 0.266)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1899: NIT1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.06 (p 0.820, n 18), 95% CI -0.42 to +0.51. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.08 (p 0.741, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.05 (p 0.840, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.09 to +0.20, sign flips 4; without severely affected donors +0.06 (p 0.820, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NIT1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.