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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0275
16 Oct 2026, 20:56 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionHTRA2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered69c26e6dff2f7d67
discovery-0.41 p=0.279 n=9
replication-0.18 p=0.639 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.41, p 0.279)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0275: HTRA2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.29 (p 0.235, n 18), 95% CI -0.67 to +0.20. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.24 (p 0.341, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.44 (p 0.067, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.41 to -0.19, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.29 (p 0.235, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for HTRA2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.