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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5502
21 Oct 2026, 16:33 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGLA in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered5dc34f8e10c17b52
discovery-0.32 p=0.402 n=9
replication+0.31 p=0.416 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.32, p 0.402)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 5502: GLA in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.01 (p 0.969, n 18), 95% CI -0.47 to +0.46. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.02 (p 0.949, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.02 (p 0.935, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.09 to +0.13, sign flips 6; without severely affected donors -0.01 (p 0.969, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GLA in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.