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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7107
23 Oct 2026, 02:53 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionMST1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered2e9c8a06aafbb720
discovery-0.17 p=0.671 n=9
replication-0.31 p=0.414 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.17, p 0.671)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 7107: MST1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.25 (p 0.315, n 18), 95% CI -0.64 to +0.24. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.39 (p 0.107, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.47 (p 0.051, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.36 to -0.15, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.25 (p 0.315, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MST1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.