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17 Oct 2026, 02:30 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGRIN2D in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereded7a9726ab3f9c87
discovery-0.12 p=0.756 n=9
replication-0.57 p=0.109 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.12, p 0.756)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0555: GRIN2D in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.36 (p 0.145, n 18), 95% CI -0.71 to +0.13. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.38 (p 0.120, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.42 (p 0.080, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.52 to -0.30, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.36 (p 0.145, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GRIN2D in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.