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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1471
17 Oct 2026, 23:31 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionRGPD8 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered967075a47d8ee5a1
discovery+0.44 p=0.232 n=9
replication-0.04 p=0.909 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.44, p 0.232)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1471: RGPD8 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.08 (p 0.767, n 18), 95% CI -0.52 to +0.41. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.12 (p 0.646, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.00 (p 0.990, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.21 to +0.03, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors -0.08 (p 0.767, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for RGPD8 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.