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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9337
25 Oct 2026, 03:53 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionRMI2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered5e50aa0719e34dc9
discovery+0.21 p=0.583 n=9
replication-0.59 p=0.092 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.21, p 0.583)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 9337: RMI2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.23 (p 0.351, n 18), 95% CI -0.63 to +0.26. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.18 (p 0.471, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.44 (p 0.069, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.36 to -0.13, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.23 (p 0.351, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for RMI2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.