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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10197
25 Oct 2026, 22:58 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionFCGR3B in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered52e479f1b92d1003
discovery-0.27 p=0.487 n=9
replication-0.67 p=0.050 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 10197: FCGR3B in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.39 (p 0.105, n 18), 95% CI -0.73 to +0.09. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.44 (p 0.070, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.54 (p 0.022, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.49 to -0.32, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.39 (p 0.105, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for FCGR3B in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.