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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2511
18 Oct 2026, 23:39 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionAQP4 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered51814f426de073bb
discovery+0.47 p=0.204 n=9
replication-0.05 p=0.891 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.47, p 0.204)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 2511: AQP4 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.11 (p 0.671, n 18), 95% CI -0.38 to +0.55. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.08 (p 0.748, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.10 (p 0.696, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.01 to +0.19, sign flips 3; without severely affected donors +0.11 (p 0.671, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for AQP4 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.