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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2371
18 Oct 2026, 20:35 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionRHOT1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered2abce801c5ad67da
discovery+0.37 p=0.329 n=9
replication-0.05 p=0.893 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.37, p 0.329)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 2371: RHOT1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.20 (p 0.429, n 18), 95% CI -0.30 to +0.61. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.42 (p 0.080, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.55 (p 0.019, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.09 to +0.30, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.20 (p 0.429, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for RHOT1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.