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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4646
20 Oct 2026, 22:15 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNRDC in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered27000f51adefed12
discovery+0.14 p=0.716 n=9
replication+0.23 p=0.555 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.14, p 0.716)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 4646: NRDC in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.13 (p 0.603, n 18), 95% CI -0.36 to +0.56. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.22 (p 0.389, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.12 (p 0.640, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.02 to +0.25, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.13 (p 0.603, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NRDC in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.