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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5900
22 Oct 2026, 01:24 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionRTN4R in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered1ab4804eb3909e61
discovery+0.00 p=1.000 n=9
replication-0.60 p=0.089 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.00, p 1.000)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 5900: RTN4R in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.37 (p 0.127, n 18), 95% CI -0.72 to +0.11. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.41 (p 0.087, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.55 (p 0.019, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.54 to -0.30, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.37 (p 0.127, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for RTN4R in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.