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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4466
20 Oct 2026, 18:07 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNPAS3 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered681cdbba4eb97442
discovery+0.13 p=0.733 n=9
replication+0.45 p=0.230 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.13, p 0.733)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 4466: NPAS3 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.24 (p 0.341, n 18), 95% CI -0.26 to +0.63. 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: +0.25 (p 0.319, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.16 to +0.39, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.24 (p 0.341, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NPAS3 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.