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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1875
18 Oct 2026, 08:34 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionFRMD4A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered5b13967a38576212
discovery-0.33 p=0.380 n=9
replication-0.32 p=0.407 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.33, p 0.380)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1875: FRMD4A in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.39 (p 0.111, n 18), 95% CI -0.72 to +0.10. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.38 (p 0.123, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.51 (p 0.031, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.49 to -0.31, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.39 (p 0.111, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for FRMD4A in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.