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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9749
25 Oct 2026, 12:58 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionBAD in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereddbe712b89c1305f5
discovery+0.00 p=1.000 n=9
replication+0.04 p=0.909 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.00, p 1.000)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 9749: BAD in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.01 (p 0.962, n 18), 95% CI -0.46 to +0.48. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.08 (p 0.754, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.11 (p 0.677, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.10 to +0.12, sign flips 6; without severely affected donors +0.01 (p 0.962, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for BAD in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.