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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5918
22 Oct 2026, 01:49 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNCS1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered62ee9a469e55cfba
discovery-0.17 p=0.656 n=9
replication-0.80 p=0.0093 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.17, p 0.656)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 5918: NCS1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.57 (p 0.014, n 18), 95% CI -0.82 to -0.14. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.57 (p 0.014, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.67 (p 0.0022, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.66 to -0.52, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.57 (p 0.014, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NCS1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.