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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3848
20 Oct 2026, 04:18 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPTBP1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered5e0d50e209877bf7
discovery-0.34 p=0.374 n=9
replication+0.27 p=0.487 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.34, p 0.374)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 3848: PTBP1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.03 (p 0.915, n 18), 95% CI -0.45 to +0.49. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.00 (p 0.997, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.04 (p 0.861, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.10 to +0.16, sign flips 4; without severely affected donors +0.03 (p 0.915, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PTBP1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.