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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10967
26 Oct 2026, 15:23 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPMAIP1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered17337feca9bd09f6
discovery-0.22 p=0.563 n=9
replication+0.21 p=0.586 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.22, p 0.563)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 10967: PMAIP1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.01 (p 0.976, n 18), 95% CI -0.47 to +0.46. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.03 (p 0.908, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.02 (p 0.928, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.12 to +0.12, sign flips 10; without severely affected donors -0.01 (p 0.976, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PMAIP1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.