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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2395
18 Oct 2026, 21:05 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNTN1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda90e0d6c0252c03b
discovery-0.04 p=0.928 n=9
replication-0.53 p=0.138 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.04, p 0.928)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 2395: NTN1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.26 (p 0.289, n 18), 95% CI -0.65 to +0.23. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.29 (p 0.243, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.39 (p 0.114, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.42 to -0.17, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.26 (p 0.289, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NTN1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.