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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2469
18 Oct 2026, 22:44 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionLGALS3 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered4f51d8534560282b
discovery-0.28 p=0.473 n=9
replication+0.00 p=1.000 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.28, p 0.473)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 2469: LGALS3 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.17 (p 0.493, n 18), 95% CI -0.59 to +0.32. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.18 (p 0.465, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.16 (p 0.515, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.32 to -0.08, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.17 (p 0.493, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for LGALS3 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.