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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5505
21 Oct 2026, 16:38 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionAMN in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda5c120157a3f1508
discovery-0.45 p=0.230 n=9
replication-0.01 p=0.982 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.45, p 0.230)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT5be5817a6e69fd3b85111341…
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The swarm's case
receipt 5505: AMN in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.23 (p 0.355, n 18), 95% CI -0.63 to +0.26. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.17 (p 0.509, 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 -0.34 to -0.12, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.23 (p 0.355, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for AMN in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.