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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7800
23 Oct 2026, 18:24 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionAXIN2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered94e99538dd926410
discovery-0.50 p=0.167 n=9
replication-0.66 p=0.054 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.50, p 0.167)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 7800: AXIN2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.52 (p 0.028, n 18), 95% CI -0.79 to -0.07. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.61 (p 0.0072, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.63 (p 0.0047, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.63 to -0.45, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.52 (p 0.028, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for AXIN2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.