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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 8860
24 Oct 2026, 17:31 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSIRPA in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered039ae07aa0292b19
discovery-0.34 p=0.375 n=9
replication-0.12 p=0.767 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.34, p 0.375)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 8860: SIRPA in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.08 (p 0.767, n 18), 95% CI -0.52 to +0.41. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.08 (p 0.767, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.21 (p 0.398, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.21 to +0.05, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors -0.08 (p 0.767, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SIRPA in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.