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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3477
19 Oct 2026, 20:44 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionFLT3LG in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda417781aab114521
discovery-0.49 p=0.186 n=9
replication+0.09 p=0.820 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.49, p 0.186)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 3477: FLT3LG in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.32 (p 0.198, n 18), 95% CI -0.68 to +0.17. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.40 (p 0.097, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.49 (p 0.039, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.46 to -0.22, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.32 (p 0.198, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for FLT3LG in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.