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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6748
22 Oct 2026, 19:37 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionAGO2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredfdb576372a40d7db
discovery-0.32 p=0.402 n=9
replication-0.44 p=0.238 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.32, p 0.402)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 6748: AGO2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.33 (p 0.179, n 18), 95% CI -0.69 to +0.16. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.33 (p 0.179, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.40 (p 0.099, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.47 to -0.24, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.33 (p 0.179, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for AGO2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.