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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10628
26 Oct 2026, 07:39 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGRPEL1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered3320bd26af2442ed
discovery+0.25 p=0.520 n=9
replication-0.06 p=0.873 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.25, p 0.520)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 10628: GRPEL1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.06 (p 0.814, n 18), 95% CI -0.42 to +0.51. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.04 (p 0.861, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.13 (p 0.615, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.06 to +0.18, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors +0.06 (p 0.814, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GRPEL1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.