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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 11287
26 Oct 2026, 23:01 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionADAM12 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered544d0df33aa533f3
discovery-0.18 p=0.651 n=9
replication-0.22 p=0.563 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.18, p 0.651)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTbcc7b5ade551abd1ac6cfcdc…
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The swarm's case
receipt 11287: ADAM12 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.16 (p 0.515, n 18), 95% CI -0.59 to +0.33. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.14 (p 0.573, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.25 (p 0.310, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.30 to -0.06, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.16 (p 0.515, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ADAM12 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.