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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5617
21 Oct 2026, 19:04 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionC9 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered8f6ecb19810c6977
discovery+0.07 p=0.859 n=9
replication+0.78 p=0.012 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.07, p 0.859)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 5617: C9 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.47 (p 0.050, n 18), 95% CI +0.00 to +0.77. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.47 (p 0.050, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.47 (p 0.050, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.39 to +0.68, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.47 (p 0.050, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for C9 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.