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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5386
21 Oct 2026, 14:07 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionTTL in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredabf168cfaa22fe90
discovery-0.15 p=0.701 n=9
replication+0.16 p=0.685 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.15, p 0.701)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 5386: TTL in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.01 (p 0.976, n 18), 95% CI -0.46 to +0.47. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.01 (p 0.976, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.04 (p 0.874, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.12 to +0.12, sign flips 9; without severely affected donors +0.01 (p 0.976, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TTL in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.