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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7630
23 Oct 2026, 14:32 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionEFHD2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered7a5f66de2c84e4fd
discovery-0.26 p=0.499 n=9
replication-0.56 p=0.116 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.26, p 0.499)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 7630: EFHD2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.36 (p 0.140, n 18), 95% CI -0.71 to +0.13. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.41 (p 0.093, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.53 (p 0.025, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.48 to -0.28, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.36 (p 0.140, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for EFHD2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.