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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2578
19 Oct 2026, 01:10 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionEPG5 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredb505303dc15d2491
discovery-0.11 p=0.787 n=9
replication-0.08 p=0.840 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.11, p 0.787)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 2578: EPG5 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.02 (p 0.935, n 18), 95% CI -0.48 to +0.45. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.01 (p 0.976, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.04 (p 0.861, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.13 to +0.07, sign flips 6; without severely affected donors -0.02 (p 0.935, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for EPG5 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.