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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10635
26 Oct 2026, 07:47 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNELL1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredcafbb295879537d4
discovery+0.11 p=0.778 n=9
replication+0.65 p=0.058 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.11, p 0.778)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 10635: NELL1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.40 (p 0.101, n 18), 95% CI -0.08 to +0.73. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.40 (p 0.101, 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 0.194, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.31 to +0.54, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.40 (p 0.101, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NELL1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.