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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5284
21 Oct 2026, 11:55 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCDC37 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered30f2c2e9f64a639f
discovery-0.29 p=0.456 n=9
replication-0.23 p=0.560 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.29, p 0.456)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT4403c9320ca33084a76e1c63…
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The swarm's case
receipt 5284: CDC37 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.31 (p 0.211, n 18), 95% CI -0.68 to +0.18. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.23 (p 0.351, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.24 (p 0.341, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.45 to -0.22, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.31 (p 0.211, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CDC37 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.