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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9818
25 Oct 2026, 14:34 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionAHNAK2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered50b74e1e8cd8f1fe
discovery-0.04 p=0.909 n=9
replication-0.55 p=0.125 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.04, p 0.909)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT4583be4e3dff1c8da2da7d32…
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The swarm's case
receipt 9818: AHNAK2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.28 (p 0.254, n 18), 95% CI -0.66 to +0.21. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.32 (p 0.198, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.41 (p 0.091, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.44 to -0.20, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.28 (p 0.254, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for AHNAK2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.