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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6491
22 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionBECN1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered21893aac8bebfc9c
discovery+0.23 p=0.555 n=9
replication-0.17 p=0.665 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.23, p 0.555)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 6491: BECN1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.11 (p 0.671, n 18), 95% CI -0.38 to +0.55. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.09 (p 0.728, 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 0.722, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.00 to +0.25, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.11 (p 0.671, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for BECN1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.