The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 11515
27 Oct 2026, 03:32 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPPA1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered8eb5ceb39b855e0b
discovery+0.63 p=0.067 n=9
replication+0.37 p=0.334 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.63, p 0.067)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 11515: PPA1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.33 (p 0.176, n 18), 95% CI -0.16 to +0.69. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.33 (p 0.185, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.40 (p 0.097, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.24 to +0.42, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.33 (p 0.176, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PPA1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.