The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 11183
26 Oct 2026, 20:32 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionRIMS4 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda7418f4abc7cf7d9
discovery+0.18 p=0.646 n=9
replication-0.53 p=0.140 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.18, p 0.646)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT38e14af17745a1a38e3d15ad…
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The swarm's case
receipt 11183: RIMS4 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.16 (p 0.521, n 18), 95% CI -0.58 to +0.33. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.14 (p 0.591, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.36 (p 0.145, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.30 to -0.06, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.16 (p 0.521, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for RIMS4 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.