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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3867
20 Oct 2026, 04:45 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionKCND3 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredb2b9bbecc8c2de24
discovery-0.01 p=0.982 n=9
replication-0.76 p=0.017 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.01, p 0.982)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTb14d0e766352d25d2f6f8d8d…
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The swarm's case
receipt 3867: KCND3 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.27 (p 0.273, n 18), 95% CI -0.66 to +0.22. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.25 (p 0.310, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.38 (p 0.118, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.44 to -0.18, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.27 (p 0.273, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for KCND3 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.