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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9790
25 Oct 2026, 13:56 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionKIF21B in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredb1f533ee3e03b067
discovery-0.37 p=0.334 n=9
replication-0.48 p=0.192 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.37, p 0.334)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 9790: KIF21B in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.41 (p 0.095, n 18), 95% CI -0.73 to +0.08. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.42 (p 0.086, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.52 (p 0.026, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.53 to -0.33, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.41 (p 0.095, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for KIF21B in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.