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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6605
22 Oct 2026, 16:22 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPALLD in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered8b5b8fff8f602825
discovery+0.60 p=0.090 n=9
replication-0.01 p=0.982 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.60, p 0.090)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 6605: PALLD in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.22 (p 0.389, n 18), 95% CI -0.28 to +0.62. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.23 (p 0.365, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.30 (p 0.225, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.13 to +0.35, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.22 (p 0.389, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PALLD in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.