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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2435
18 Oct 2026, 22:00 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionMANF in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered86ec39aee152b8db
discovery+0.04 p=0.924 n=9
replication-0.26 p=0.493 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.04, p 0.924)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 2435: MANF in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.08 (p 0.748, n 18), 95% CI -0.53 to +0.40. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.08 (p 0.754, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.02 (p 0.928, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.22 to +0.02, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors -0.08 (p 0.748, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MANF in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.