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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9185
25 Oct 2026, 01:05 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionLOX in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered5cc72ba22988ce5c
discovery+0.12 p=0.750 n=9
replication-0.27 p=0.476 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.12, p 0.750)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 9185: LOX in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.10 (p 0.696, n 18), 95% CI -0.54 to +0.39. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.03 (p 0.908, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.00 (p 0.997, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.26 to +0.02, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors -0.10 (p 0.696, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for LOX in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.