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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1959
18 Oct 2026, 10:38 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPRRX2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered55bb435c8fe2c054
discovery+0.33 p=0.380 n=9
replication-0.73 p=0.027 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.33, p 0.380)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1959: PRRX2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.31 (p 0.218, n 18), 95% CI -0.68 to +0.19. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.33 (p 0.185, 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 0.023, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.44 to -0.21, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.31 (p 0.218, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PRRX2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.