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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5727
21 Oct 2026, 21:35 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNME3 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered7e9e56379b942ea0
discovery-0.05 p=0.889 n=9
replication+0.22 p=0.567 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.05, p 0.889)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 5727: NME3 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.12 (p 0.646, n 18), 95% CI -0.37 to +0.55. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.16 (p 0.521, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.09 (p 0.728, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.01 to +0.25, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.12 (p 0.646, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NME3 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.