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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4014
20 Oct 2026, 07:55 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionLAMA4 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered1b25f7265ffeef86
discovery+0.04 p=0.924 n=9
replication+0.42 p=0.258 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.04, p 0.924)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 4014: LAMA4 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.20 (p 0.429, n 18), 95% CI -0.30 to +0.61. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.20 (p 0.434, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.19 (p 0.444, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.11 to +0.35, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.20 (p 0.429, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for LAMA4 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.