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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9085
24 Oct 2026, 22:39 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionERVW-1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredb1559222d2007ba1
discovery-0.65 p=0.058 n=9
replication-0.13 p=0.732 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.65, p 0.058)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 9085: ERVW-1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.35 (p 0.159, n 18), 95% CI -0.70 to +0.14. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.32 (p 0.194, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.40 (p 0.103, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.49 to -0.26, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.35 (p 0.159, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ERVW-1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.