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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2462
18 Oct 2026, 22:36 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionAIMP2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered01c41c6af6384cee
discovery+0.10 p=0.803 n=9
replication+0.15 p=0.697 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.10, p 0.803)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 2462: AIMP2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.12 (p 0.633, n 18), 95% CI -0.37 to +0.56. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.10 (p 0.690, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.04 (p 0.867, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.04 to +0.26, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.12 (p 0.633, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for AIMP2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.