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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0884
17 Oct 2026, 08:56 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionFAHD2A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered5125ed8259ee879a
discovery+0.29 p=0.457 n=9
replication-0.30 p=0.428 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.29, p 0.457)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0884: FAHD2A in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.06 (p 0.807, n 18), 95% CI -0.51 to +0.42. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.03 (p 0.922, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.07 (p 0.774, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.22 to +0.07, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors -0.06 (p 0.807, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for FAHD2A in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.