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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6558
22 Oct 2026, 15:21 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNFKBIA in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredde6f8be677d5c07f
discovery+0.61 p=0.084 n=9
replication-0.29 p=0.443 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.61, p 0.084)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 6558: NFKBIA in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.03 (p 0.922, n 18), 95% CI -0.49 to +0.45. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.03 (p 0.894, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.04 (p 0.874, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.13 to +0.12, sign flips 5; without severely affected donors -0.03 (p 0.922, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NFKBIA in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.