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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 8329
24 Oct 2026, 05:29 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCASP2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered9496609939fe1c1e
discovery-0.09 p=0.815 n=9
replication-0.78 p=0.013 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.09, p 0.815)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 8329: CASP2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.25 (p 0.319, n 18), 95% CI -0.64 to +0.25. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.19 (p 0.450, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.18 (p 0.465, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.41 to -0.17, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.25 (p 0.319, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CASP2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.