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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2343
18 Oct 2026, 19:59 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPNKD in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered81fc6801b24424a0
discovery-0.31 p=0.414 n=9
replication-0.39 p=0.299 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.31, p 0.414)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 2343: PNKD in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.38 (p 0.123, n 18), 95% CI -0.72 to +0.11. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.43 (p 0.075, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.40 (p 0.099, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.49 to -0.28, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.38 (p 0.123, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PNKD in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.