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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0900
17 Oct 2026, 09:18 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionRAB9A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered6ee402b839fc592a
discovery+0.43 p=0.244 n=9
replication-0.39 p=0.302 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.43, p 0.244)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0900: RAB9A in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.28 (p 0.269, n 18), 95% CI -0.66 to +0.22. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.31 (p 0.218, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.19 (p 0.444, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.41 to -0.18, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.28 (p 0.269, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for RAB9A in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.