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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1483
17 Oct 2026, 23:48 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPSEN2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered1efccf7c1a8f4d09
discovery+0.03 p=0.946 n=9
replication-0.54 p=0.136 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.03, p 0.946)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1483: PSEN2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.24 (p 0.346, n 18), 95% CI -0.63 to +0.26. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.30 (p 0.225, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.39 (p 0.111, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.38 to -0.14, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.24 (p 0.346, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PSEN2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.