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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 11074
26 Oct 2026, 17:57 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionMICAL3 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredcca56fa080ef0df3
discovery-0.50 p=0.170 n=9
replication-0.52 p=0.150 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.50, p 0.170)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 11074: MICAL3 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.33 (p 0.185, n 18), 95% CI -0.69 to +0.16. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.32 (p 0.194, 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 0.201, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.42 to -0.24, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.33 (p 0.185, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MICAL3 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.