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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1248
17 Oct 2026, 18:15 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPEX13 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda1e48d9384cf5b65
discovery+0.59 p=0.098 n=9
replication-0.04 p=0.919 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.59, p 0.098)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1248: PEX13 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.24 (p 0.337, n 18), 95% CI -0.26 to +0.64. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.27 (p 0.285, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.25 (p 0.310, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.16 to +0.38, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.24 (p 0.337, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PEX13 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.