The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0043
16 Oct 2026, 15:23 UTCdopamine neurons, resilience
predictionDRD3 in dopamine neurons differs in resilient donors (Lewy pathology, no parkinsonism)
registeredfd2ac0b0e22b0556
discovery-0.32 p=0.181 n=27
replication-0.12 p=1.000 n=28
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (rank-biserial r -0.32, p 0.181)
datasimulated substantia nigra cohort (84 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0043: DRD3 in dopamine neurons, resilience
- power
- full sample -0.29 (p 0.147, n 55), 95% CI -0.51 to -0.02. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for age, sex and PMI: -0.27 (p 0.171, n 55). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.12 (p 0.542); controlling for it: -0.26 (p 0.192, n 55). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.37 to -0.21, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.31 (p 0.119, n 46). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "differs in resilient donors (Lewy pathology, no parkinsonism)" for DRD3 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.