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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4919
21 Oct 2026, 03:59 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCCL4 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredf48a417050490e82
discovery+0.00 p=1.000 n=9
replication-0.14 p=0.722 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.00, p 1.000)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 4919: CCL4 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.07 (p 0.794, n 18), 95% CI -0.52 to +0.41. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.07 (p 0.794, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.05 (p 0.834, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.20 to +0.03, sign flips 4; without severely affected donors -0.07 (p 0.794, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CCL4 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.