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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10002
25 Oct 2026, 18:37 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionANKRD50 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered43b0e10416d73e84
discovery+0.27 p=0.476 n=9
replication-0.45 p=0.227 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.27, p 0.476)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 10002: ANKRD50 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.06 (p 0.814, n 18), 95% CI -0.51 to +0.42. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.11 (p 0.658, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.09 (p 0.728, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.18 to +0.07, sign flips 3; without severely affected donors -0.06 (p 0.814, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ANKRD50 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.