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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3413
19 Oct 2026, 19:18 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNEUROD6 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered3a3ff9dae3654b7a
discovery+0.36 p=0.348 n=9
replication+0.26 p=0.502 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.36, p 0.348)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 3413: NEUROD6 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.25 (p 0.315, n 18), 95% CI -0.24 to +0.64. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.15 (p 0.544, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.18 (p 0.465, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.14 to +0.42, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.25 (p 0.315, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NEUROD6 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.