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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10208
25 Oct 2026, 23:12 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionEIF2AK4 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered7097c64ae2b7762e
discovery-0.21 p=0.586 n=9
replication+0.11 p=0.770 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.21, p 0.586)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 10208: EIF2AK4 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.05 (p 0.834, n 18), 95% CI -0.51 to +0.42. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.05 (p 0.854, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.04 (p 0.888, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.16 to +0.05, sign flips 3; without severely affected donors -0.05 (p 0.834, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for EIF2AK4 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.