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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6774
22 Oct 2026, 20:13 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNEIL2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered4c9e9bfa47537b3b
discovery-0.26 p=0.502 n=9
replication-0.81 p=0.0075 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.26, p 0.502)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 6774: NEIL2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.54 (p 0.020, n 18), 95% CI -0.81 to -0.10. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.59 (p 0.0096, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.66 (p 0.0031, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.65 to -0.48, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.54 (p 0.020, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NEIL2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.