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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1496
18 Oct 2026, 00:07 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionMKNK2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered131f69e7f99d5ac4
discovery-0.28 p=0.459 n=9
replication-0.30 p=0.428 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.28, p 0.459)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1496: MKNK2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.29 (p 0.250, n 18), 95% CI -0.66 to +0.21. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.23 (p 0.355, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.22 (p 0.389, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.40 to -0.19, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.29 (p 0.250, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MKNK2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.