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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6938
22 Oct 2026, 23:50 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNAA11 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredd5197bf8277d5a8b
discovery+0.56 p=0.115 n=9
replication+0.16 p=0.685 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.56, p 0.115)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 6938: NAA11 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.39 (p 0.107, n 18), 95% CI -0.09 to +0.73. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.37 (p 0.135, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.42 (p 0.086, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.32 to +0.51, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.39 (p 0.107, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NAA11 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.