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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5930
22 Oct 2026, 02:03 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionERMN in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered2f70cde22c0a6ea5
discovery+0.22 p=0.576 n=9
replication+0.21 p=0.581 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.22, p 0.576)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 5930: ERMN in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.26 (p 0.294, n 18), 95% CI -0.23 to +0.65. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.25 (p 0.310, 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 +0.19 to +0.46, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.26 (p 0.294, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ERMN in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.