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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7729
23 Oct 2026, 16:47 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCCKAR in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered591079d8438d8cb3
discovery-0.01 p=0.982 n=9
replication+0.46 p=0.217 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.01, p 0.982)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 7729: CCKAR in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.21 (p 0.413, n 18), 95% CI -0.29 to +0.61. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.22 (p 0.379, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.04 (p 0.867, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.13 to +0.35, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.21 (p 0.413, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CCKAR in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.