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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5337
21 Oct 2026, 13:04 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionARCN1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredb248b7ef4cd88b7a
discovery-0.65 p=0.058 n=9
replication+0.76 p=0.018 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.65, p 0.058)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 5337: ARCN1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.06 (p 0.807, n 18), 95% CI -0.51 to +0.42. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.06 (p 0.800, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.08 (p 0.754, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.20 to +0.08, sign flips 3; without severely affected donors -0.06 (p 0.807, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ARCN1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.