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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9471
25 Oct 2026, 06:46 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionMED31 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered3b6eb1c92fd4f47e
discovery-0.15 p=0.702 n=9
replication+0.17 p=0.670 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.15, p 0.702)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 9471: MED31 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.12 (p 0.646, n 18), 95% CI -0.55 to +0.37. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.21 (p 0.403, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.14 (p 0.567, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.28 to -0.01, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.12 (p 0.646, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MED31 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.