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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7856
23 Oct 2026, 19:38 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPEA15 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered541975a9bf7fa78f
discovery-0.28 p=0.472 n=9
replication+0.43 p=0.243 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.28, p 0.472)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 7856: PEA15 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.11 (p 0.658, n 18), 95% CI -0.55 to +0.37. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.23 (p 0.369, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.20 (p 0.424, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.21 to +0.00, sign flips 1; without severely affected donors -0.11 (p 0.658, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PEA15 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.