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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2153
18 Oct 2026, 15:21 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGLUD2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered1e59f07b9eb27b3e
discovery-0.29 p=0.457 n=9
replication+0.66 p=0.051 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.29, p 0.457)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 2153: GLUD2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.09 (p 0.735, n 18), 95% CI -0.40 to +0.53. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.18 (p 0.471, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.18 (p 0.482, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.03 to +0.22, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors +0.09 (p 0.735, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GLUD2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.