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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 11181
26 Oct 2026, 20:29 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionOR51E1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered993ffb1df0db421f
discovery-0.14 p=0.716 n=9
replication+0.05 p=0.891 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.14, p 0.716)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 11181: OR51E1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.05 (p 0.847, n 18), 95% CI -0.43 to +0.50. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.03 (p 0.915, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.02 (p 0.949, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.07 to +0.17, sign flips 4; without severely affected donors +0.05 (p 0.847, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for OR51E1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.