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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10714
26 Oct 2026, 09:35 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPRDX4 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda2204f89fe083796
discovery-0.18 p=0.635 n=9
replication-0.07 p=0.849 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.18, p 0.635)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 10714: PRDX4 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.14 (p 0.585, n 18), 95% CI -0.57 to +0.35. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.21 (p 0.408, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.10 (p 0.683, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.27 to -0.03, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.14 (p 0.585, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PRDX4 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.