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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3624
19 Oct 2026, 23:59 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionITGA5 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredcfb2ab90d2332a52
discovery-0.46 p=0.217 n=9
replication-0.40 p=0.284 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.46, p 0.217)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 3624: ITGA5 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.34 (p 0.170, n 18), 95% CI -0.70 to +0.15. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.31 (p 0.207, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.55 (p 0.018, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.48 to -0.24, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.34 (p 0.170, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ITGA5 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.