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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4166
20 Oct 2026, 11:22 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionDCC in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredd1bc3fbdb636bcaa
discovery+0.49 p=0.181 n=9
replication+0.04 p=0.912 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.49, p 0.181)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 4166: DCC in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.27 (p 0.281, n 18), 95% CI -0.23 to +0.65. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.27 (p 0.281, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.29 (p 0.246, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.16 to +0.41, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.27 (p 0.281, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for DCC in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.