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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3610
19 Oct 2026, 23:40 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionHOXA11 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredef304559237febe3
discovery-0.14 p=0.714 n=9
replication-0.89 p=0.0012 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.14, p 0.714)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 3610: HOXA11 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.50 (p 0.034, n 18), 95% CI -0.78 to -0.04. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.55 (p 0.017, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.64 (p 0.0044, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.68 to -0.44, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.50 (p 0.034, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for HOXA11 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.