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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 8550
24 Oct 2026, 10:27 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionMT1M in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered7e344e382f19a92a
discovery+0.42 p=0.258 n=9
replication+0.06 p=0.875 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.42, p 0.258)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 8550: MT1M in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.19 (p 0.444, n 18), 95% CI -0.30 to +0.60. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.22 (p 0.389, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.28 (p 0.269, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.09 to +0.33, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.19 (p 0.444, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MT1M in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.