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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0559
17 Oct 2026, 02:30 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNDUFS1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered656bb110d20b3966
discovery-0.37 p=0.323 n=9
replication+0.79 p=0.011 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.37, p 0.323)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0559: NDUFS1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.27 (p 0.277, n 18), 95% CI -0.22 to +0.65. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.29 (p 0.239, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.35 (p 0.150, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.17 to +0.40, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.27 (p 0.277, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NDUFS1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.