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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1778
18 Oct 2026, 06:19 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGCK in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered229c6329cbe9925f
discovery-0.41 p=0.273 n=9
replication-0.26 p=0.493 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.41, p 0.273)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1778: GCK in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.40 (p 0.099, n 18), 95% CI -0.73 to +0.08. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.40 (p 0.099, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.63 (p 0.0049, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.53 to -0.32, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.40 (p 0.099, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GCK in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.