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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6462
22 Oct 2026, 13:12 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionEBF3 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredd6d9452e7442a76e
discovery+0.04 p=0.925 n=9
replication-0.77 p=0.015 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.04, p 0.925)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 6462: EBF3 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.25 (p 0.323, n 18), 95% CI -0.64 to +0.25. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.17 (p 0.504, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.16 (p 0.521, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.40 to -0.16, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.25 (p 0.323, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for EBF3 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.