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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5814
21 Oct 2026, 23:28 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionITGA7 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered9caffdb4636baefe
discovery-0.83 p=0.0058 n=9
replication-0.10 p=0.807 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
did not replicate (discovery -0.83 p 0.0058; held-out -0.10 p 0.807)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 5814: ITGA7 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.34 (p 0.173, n 18), 95% CI -0.69 to +0.16. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.39 (p 0.109, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.61 (p 0.0069, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.45 to -0.25, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.34 (p 0.173, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ITGA7 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.