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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7619
23 Oct 2026, 14:19 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPON2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered197a9cb885d105bb
discovery-0.26 p=0.502 n=9
replication-0.21 p=0.591 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.26, p 0.502)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 7619: PON2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.15 (p 0.544, n 18), 95% CI -0.58 to +0.34. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.07 (p 0.781, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.08 (p 0.741, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.30 to -0.05, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.15 (p 0.544, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PON2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.