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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5371
21 Oct 2026, 13:48 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionDHCR7 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered98abb0c64d7848df
discovery-0.20 p=0.597 n=9
replication-0.08 p=0.840 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.20, p 0.597)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 5371: DHCR7 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.18 (p 0.482, n 18), 95% CI -0.59 to +0.32. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.13 (p 0.603, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.25 (p 0.319, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.32 to -0.08, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.18 (p 0.482, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for DHCR7 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.