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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4759
21 Oct 2026, 00:57 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionKCNH3 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered87d2f225713e3741
discovery-0.25 p=0.517 n=9
replication-0.20 p=0.599 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.25, p 0.517)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 4759: KCNH3 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.28 (p 0.254, n 18), 95% CI -0.66 to +0.21. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.33 (p 0.188, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.51 (p 0.031, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.39 to -0.18, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.28 (p 0.254, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for KCNH3 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.