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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2171
18 Oct 2026, 15:49 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionDCLK1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredfd6e3efb9a485cc0
discovery+0.27 p=0.487 n=9
replication-0.54 p=0.133 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.27, p 0.487)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT0ad47abb335ebb337b75e800…
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The swarm's case
receipt 2171: DCLK1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.12 (p 0.627, n 18), 95% CI -0.56 to +0.36. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.11 (p 0.652, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.21 (p 0.408, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.30 to -0.03, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.12 (p 0.627, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for DCLK1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.