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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2081
18 Oct 2026, 13:36 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionRCN1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered63922f38d4cc4a34
discovery-0.27 p=0.489 n=9
replication+0.32 p=0.402 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.27, p 0.489)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 2081: RCN1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.15 (p 0.555, n 18), 95% CI -0.34 to +0.58. 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 0.549, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.01 to +0.23, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.15 (p 0.555, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for RCN1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.