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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 8767
24 Oct 2026, 15:27 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCASR in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered4826ad7dbd077881
discovery+0.27 p=0.487 n=9
replication-0.13 p=0.733 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.27, p 0.487)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 8767: CASR in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.04 (p 0.861, n 18), 95% CI -0.43 to +0.50. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.08 (p 0.767, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.16 (p 0.526, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.05 to +0.17, sign flips 6; without severely affected donors +0.04 (p 0.861, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CASR in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.