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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1208
17 Oct 2026, 17:20 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNUP88 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered61d8cdf986ea6ee9
discovery-0.35 p=0.350 n=9
replication-0.14 p=0.718 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.35, p 0.350)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1208: NUP88 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.22 (p 0.389, n 18), 95% CI -0.62 to +0.28. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.22 (p 0.389, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.17 (p 0.504, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.35 to -0.13, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.22 (p 0.389, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NUP88 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.