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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0990
17 Oct 2026, 11:27 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionMT-ATP8 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredb5433eece350075d
discovery-0.10 p=0.799 n=9
replication-0.13 p=0.733 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.10, p 0.799)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0990: MT-ATP8 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.04 (p 0.881, n 18), 95% CI -0.44 to +0.50. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.05 (p 0.834, 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 0.754, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.11 to +0.14, sign flips 5; without severely affected donors +0.04 (p 0.881, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MT-ATP8 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.