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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4382
20 Oct 2026, 16:14 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionBTD in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered752bbb1995cd6416
discovery+0.46 p=0.209 n=9
replication-0.05 p=0.894 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.46, p 0.209)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 4382: BTD in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.18 (p 0.482, n 18), 95% CI -0.32 to +0.59. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.19 (p 0.439, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.26 (p 0.298, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.07 to +0.33, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.18 (p 0.482, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for BTD in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.