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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3207
19 Oct 2026, 14:48 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionBACE1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered56d133b9e32b56c9
discovery+0.34 p=0.378 n=9
replication-0.54 p=0.137 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.34, p 0.378)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 3207: BACE1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.09 (p 0.735, n 18), 95% CI -0.53 to +0.40. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.11 (p 0.658, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.13 (p 0.603, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.24 to +0.05, sign flips 3; without severely affected donors -0.09 (p 0.735, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for BACE1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.