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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9117
24 Oct 2026, 23:26 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionMTCH2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered6c38563c804f7c65
discovery-0.14 p=0.718 n=9
replication+0.11 p=0.787 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.14, p 0.718)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 9117: MTCH2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.00 (p 0.997, n 18), 95% CI -0.47 to +0.47. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.05 (p 0.847, 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 0.767, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.13 to +0.11, sign flips 7; without severely affected donors +0.00 (p 0.997, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MTCH2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.