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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10336
26 Oct 2026, 01:57 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionMATK in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered89428c9d79cf2b71
discovery-0.12 p=0.753 n=9
replication-0.26 p=0.493 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.12, p 0.753)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT4640f85a6e65637605dd7379…
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The swarm's case
receipt 10336: MATK in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.30 (p 0.225, n 18), 95% CI -0.67 to +0.19. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.30 (p 0.232, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.32 (p 0.198, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.46 to -0.21, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.30 (p 0.225, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MATK in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.