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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9107
24 Oct 2026, 23:12 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionBDKRB1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered1242b4d74fb4583b
discovery+0.29 p=0.456 n=9
replication-0.70 p=0.034 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.29, p 0.456)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 9107: BDKRB1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.25 (p 0.310, n 18), 95% CI -0.64 to +0.24. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.24 (p 0.346, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.29 (p 0.246, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.41 to -0.16, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.25 (p 0.310, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for BDKRB1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.