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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3398
19 Oct 2026, 19:01 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionIL3 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered98e0dc875823c1dc
discovery+0.07 p=0.855 n=9
replication-0.38 p=0.311 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.07, p 0.855)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 3398: IL3 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.28 (p 0.269, n 18), 95% CI -0.66 to +0.22. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.35 (p 0.159, 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 0.017, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.41 to -0.19, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.28 (p 0.269, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for IL3 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.