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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0378
16 Oct 2026, 23:16 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNOP16 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredcb8d37e3204b1471
discovery+0.04 p=0.909 n=9
replication-0.31 p=0.416 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.04, p 0.909)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0378: NOP16 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.00 (p 0.997, n 18), 95% CI -0.47 to +0.47. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.01 (p 0.976, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.20 (p 0.434, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.14 to +0.12, sign flips 10; without severely affected donors -0.00 (p 0.997, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NOP16 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.