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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2502
18 Oct 2026, 23:28 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGRIK2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered1f3f4f890142a06b
discovery+0.53 p=0.140 n=9
replication+0.27 p=0.487 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.53, p 0.140)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 2502: GRIK2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.44 (p 0.069, n 18), 95% CI -0.04 to +0.75. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.47 (p 0.050, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.49 (p 0.041, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.36 to +0.65, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.44 (p 0.069, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GRIK2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.