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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1082
17 Oct 2026, 13:59 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGABRA1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredce73ab9c546e3dea
discovery+0.54 p=0.130 n=9
replication+0.40 p=0.288 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.54, p 0.130)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1082: GABRA1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.52 (p 0.027, n 18), 95% CI +0.07 to +0.79. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.52 (p 0.027, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.42 (p 0.082, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.45 to +0.61, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.52 (p 0.027, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GABRA1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.