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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9591
25 Oct 2026, 09:26 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionFXYD5 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered9e5a14ea89d63273
discovery-0.26 p=0.498 n=9
replication-0.40 p=0.292 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.26, p 0.498)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 9591: FXYD5 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.26 (p 0.289, n 18), 95% CI -0.65 to +0.23. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.28 (p 0.265, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.44 (p 0.066, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.42 to -0.18, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.26 (p 0.289, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for FXYD5 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.