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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10914
26 Oct 2026, 14:14 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPPARGC1B in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredcd9cc25fbca588ac
discovery+0.06 p=0.873 n=9
replication-0.34 p=0.375 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.06, p 0.873)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 10914: PPARGC1B in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.30 (p 0.221, n 18), 95% CI -0.67 to +0.19. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.24 (p 0.346, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.38 (p 0.118, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.46 to -0.22, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.30 (p 0.221, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PPARGC1B in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.