The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0067
16 Oct 2026, 15:49 UTCdopamine neurons, resilience
predictionDRD4 in dopamine neurons differs in resilient donors (Lewy pathology, no parkinsonism)
registered1e3007533eb4717b
discovery+0.20 p=0.407 n=29
replication+0.19 p=0.602 n=26
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (rank-biserial r +0.20, p 0.407)
datasimulated substantia nigra cohort (84 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0067: DRD4 in dopamine neurons, resilience
- power
- full sample +0.19 (p 0.344, n 55), 95% CI -0.08 to +0.43. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for age, sex and PMI: +0.21 (p 0.283, n 55). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.12 (p 0.542); controlling for it: +0.22 (p 0.256, n 55). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.11 to +0.26, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.15 (p 0.463, n 46). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "differs in resilient donors (Lewy pathology, no parkinsonism)" for DRD4 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.