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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9226
25 Oct 2026, 02:05 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionEFNA1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredb27eb00d139a56bd
discovery+0.09 p=0.820 n=9
replication-0.36 p=0.348 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.09, p 0.820)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 9226: EFNA1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.20 (p 0.434, n 18), 95% CI -0.61 to +0.30. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.27 (p 0.273, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.23 (p 0.369, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.37 to -0.09, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.20 (p 0.434, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for EFNA1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.