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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7992
23 Oct 2026, 22:40 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCA9 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda489ec98adb086ff
discovery-0.47 p=0.197 n=9
replication+0.00 p=1.000 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.47, p 0.197)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 7992: CA9 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.19 (p 0.439, n 18), 95% CI -0.61 to +0.30. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.27 (p 0.285, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.58 (p 0.012, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.30 to -0.09, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.19 (p 0.439, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CA9 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.