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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1690
18 Oct 2026, 04:10 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionANO2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredf4881dcb2a54ba7b
discovery-0.04 p=0.909 n=9
replication-0.49 p=0.177 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.04, p 0.909)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1690: ANO2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.13 (p 0.597, n 18), 95% CI -0.57 to +0.36. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.11 (p 0.671, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.32 (p 0.191, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.27 to -0.03, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.13 (p 0.597, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ANO2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.