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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5531
21 Oct 2026, 17:09 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionELAVL3 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredf0f31ca6fb6692cf
discovery-0.37 p=0.323 n=9
replication+0.16 p=0.685 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.37, p 0.323)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 5531: ELAVL3 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.27 (p 0.285, n 18), 95% CI -0.65 to +0.23. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.30 (p 0.232, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.37 (p 0.130, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.38 to -0.16, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.27 (p 0.285, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ELAVL3 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.