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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4785
21 Oct 2026, 01:44 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionARID1B in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered8a277bb9cf8911a0
discovery-0.28 p=0.472 n=9
replication-0.14 p=0.724 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.28, p 0.472)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 4785: ARID1B in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.09 (p 0.735, n 18), 95% CI -0.53 to +0.40. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.17 (p 0.498, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.13 (p 0.621, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.24 to +0.03, sign flips 1; without severely affected donors -0.09 (p 0.735, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ARID1B in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.