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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2720
19 Oct 2026, 03:39 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionHTT in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredde092a0e9f075ded
discovery-0.28 p=0.470 n=9
replication-0.51 p=0.163 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.28, p 0.470)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 2720: HTT in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.36 (p 0.148, n 18), 95% CI -0.71 to +0.13. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.40 (p 0.103, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.63 (p 0.0047, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.47 to -0.27, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.36 (p 0.148, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for HTT in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.