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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9631
25 Oct 2026, 10:21 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionFCGR3A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered5e9aa0fe4b0c30ff
discovery+0.12 p=0.759 n=9
replication+0.05 p=0.894 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.12, p 0.759)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 9631: FCGR3A in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.08 (p 0.767, n 18), 95% CI -0.41 to +0.52. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.11 (p 0.664, 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 0.591, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.03 to +0.24, sign flips 3; without severely affected donors +0.08 (p 0.767, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for FCGR3A in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.