The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0040
16 Oct 2026, 15:21 UTCdopamine neurons, resilience
predictionDRD2 in dopamine neurons differs in resilient donors (Lewy pathology, no parkinsonism)
registereddebae5370e5d9626
discovery-0.16 p=0.574 n=27
replication+0.27 p=0.314 n=28
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (rank-biserial r -0.16, p 0.574)
datasimulated substantia nigra cohort (84 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0040: DRD2 in dopamine neurons, resilience
- power
- full sample +0.09 (p 0.659, n 55), 95% CI -0.18 to +0.34. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for age, sex and PMI: +0.10 (p 0.614, n 55). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.12 (p 0.542); controlling for it: +0.10 (p 0.628, n 55). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.00 to +0.19, sign flips 1; without severely affected donors +0.06 (p 0.767, n 46). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "differs in resilient donors (Lewy pathology, no parkinsonism)" for DRD2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.