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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4885
21 Oct 2026, 03:12 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNOTCH1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered5fa4a17d5990befe
discovery-0.32 p=0.400 n=9
replication-0.47 p=0.204 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.32, p 0.400)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 4885: NOTCH1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.52 (p 0.027, n 18), 95% CI -0.79 to -0.07. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.48 (p 0.045, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.59 (p 0.0092, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.66 to -0.46, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.52 (p 0.027, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NOTCH1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.