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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5508
21 Oct 2026, 16:41 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionMOBP in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredd056d6cc1cf204b7
discovery+0.20 p=0.613 n=9
replication+0.04 p=0.910 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.20, p 0.613)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 5508: MOBP in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.08 (p 0.767, n 18), 95% CI -0.41 to +0.52. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.08 (p 0.767, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.31 (p 0.204, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.05 to +0.22, sign flips 4; without severely affected donors +0.08 (p 0.767, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MOBP in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.