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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3818
20 Oct 2026, 03:40 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNTRK2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered98716c8c65ac8e75
discovery+0.09 p=0.825 n=9
replication-0.22 p=0.569 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.09, p 0.825)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 3818: NTRK2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.01 (p 0.962, n 18), 95% CI -0.48 to +0.46. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.09 (p 0.735, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.09 (p 0.735, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.14 to +0.09, sign flips 7; without severely affected donors -0.01 (p 0.962, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NTRK2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.