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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1965
18 Oct 2026, 10:46 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNTRK1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredb99eef1f9b1481c3
discovery-0.48 p=0.190 n=9
replication+0.04 p=0.928 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.48, p 0.190)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1965: NTRK1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.22 (p 0.374, n 18), 95% CI -0.62 to +0.27. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.19 (p 0.460, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.26 (p 0.302, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.32 to -0.12, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.22 (p 0.374, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NTRK1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.