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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7833
23 Oct 2026, 19:08 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionP2RX6 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredef78529ed53d6fc5
discovery-0.05 p=0.893 n=9
replication-0.41 p=0.273 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.05, p 0.893)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 7833: P2RX6 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.26 (p 0.298, n 18), 95% CI -0.65 to +0.24. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.27 (p 0.277, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.31 (p 0.204, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.41 to -0.17, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.26 (p 0.298, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for P2RX6 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.