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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5066
21 Oct 2026, 07:14 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionOTX1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredcbc7172c8ba87c2b
discovery-0.05 p=0.893 n=9
replication-0.43 p=0.247 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.05, p 0.893)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 5066: OTX1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.27 (p 0.273, n 18), 95% CI -0.66 to +0.22. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.24 (p 0.332, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.20 (p 0.424, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.46 to -0.20, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.27 (p 0.273, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for OTX1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.