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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10875
26 Oct 2026, 13:15 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNFATC3 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered55a0cf9ff212af65
discovery+0.21 p=0.586 n=9
replication+0.09 p=0.812 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.21, p 0.586)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 10875: NFATC3 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.06 (p 0.800, n 18), 95% CI -0.42 to +0.52. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.17 (p 0.498, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.22 (p 0.374, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.08 to +0.17, sign flips 4; without severely affected donors +0.06 (p 0.800, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NFATC3 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.