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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7487
23 Oct 2026, 11:14 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSIX3 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered1abf51e1754fc0e6
discovery-0.47 p=0.197 n=9
replication-0.30 p=0.436 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.47, p 0.197)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 7487: SIX3 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.32 (p 0.194, n 18), 95% CI -0.69 to +0.17. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.36 (p 0.140, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.50 (p 0.034, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.49 to -0.23, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.32 (p 0.194, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SIX3 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.