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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1815
18 Oct 2026, 07:09 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCTNNA2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered69be8d1c7a4be1d1
discovery-0.11 p=0.775 n=9
replication+0.61 p=0.078 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.11, p 0.775)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1815: CTNNA2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.18 (p 0.482, n 18), 95% CI -0.32 to +0.59. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.15 (p 0.555, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.15 (p 0.555, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.10 to +0.32, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.18 (p 0.482, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CTNNA2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.