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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9439
25 Oct 2026, 06:05 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGPR139 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered54a1e633e3cd7d16
discovery-0.19 p=0.631 n=9
replication+0.06 p=0.879 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.19, p 0.631)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 9439: GPR139 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.09 (p 0.722, n 18), 95% CI -0.53 to +0.39. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.08 (p 0.754, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.25 (p 0.323, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.22 to +0.02, sign flips 3; without severely affected donors -0.09 (p 0.722, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GPR139 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.