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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1708
18 Oct 2026, 04:37 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCARS2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredd83d691595b07589
discovery+0.08 p=0.840 n=9
replication-0.48 p=0.186 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.08, p 0.840)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1708: CARS2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.24 (p 0.341, n 18), 95% CI -0.63 to +0.26. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.24 (p 0.341, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.34 (p 0.170, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.36 to -0.14, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.24 (p 0.341, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CARS2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.