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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10178
25 Oct 2026, 22:33 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionALAS1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered3a88ae8135d2c604
discovery-0.38 p=0.311 n=9
replication+0.19 p=0.630 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.38, p 0.311)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 10178: ALAS1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.16 (p 0.515, n 18), 95% CI -0.59 to +0.33. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.11 (p 0.658, 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 0.351, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.24 to -0.05, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.16 (p 0.515, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ALAS1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.