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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3626
20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionROCK1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered5d606eeed111d4ff
discovery-0.47 p=0.197 n=9
replication+0.66 p=0.054 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.47, p 0.197)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 3626: ROCK1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.19 (p 0.439, n 18), 95% CI -0.30 to +0.61. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.15 (p 0.544, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.23 (p 0.355, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.09 to +0.35, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.19 (p 0.439, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ROCK1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.