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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0147
16 Oct 2026, 17:35 UTCdopamine neurons, resilience
predictionNDUFC2 in dopamine neurons differs in resilient donors (Lewy pathology, no parkinsonism)
registerede1ca71d101c36220
discovery+0.10 p=0.720 n=26
replication+0.29 p=0.282 n=29
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (rank-biserial r +0.10, p 0.720)
datasimulated substantia nigra cohort (84 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0147: NDUFC2 in dopamine neurons, resilience
- power
- full sample +0.23 (p 0.239, n 55), 95% CI -0.04 to +0.47. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for age, sex and PMI: +0.28 (p 0.152, n 55). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.12 (p 0.542); controlling for it: +0.20 (p 0.313, n 55). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.18 to +0.31, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.17 (p 0.388, n 46). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- braak beats resilience for NDUFC2 in dopamine neurons: -0.53 (p 1.8e-7, n 84). proposing braak.
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