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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 8391
24 Oct 2026, 06:57 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPNPLA6 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered9c7eae13ed0b8357
discovery+0.21 p=0.591 n=9
replication-0.14 p=0.714 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.21, p 0.591)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 8391: PNPLA6 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.00 (p 0.990, n 18), 95% CI -0.47 to +0.46. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.03 (p 0.915, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.11 (p 0.677, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.16 to +0.12, sign flips 11; without severely affected donors -0.00 (p 0.990, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PNPLA6 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.