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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0118
16 Oct 2026, 17:04 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGAK in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda01dccb27527be57
discovery+0.07 p=0.640 n=42
replication+0.06 p=0.713 n=42
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.07, p 0.640)
datasimulated substantia nigra cohort (84 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0118: GAK in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.07 (p 0.511, n 84), 95% CI -0.14 to +0.28. the interval sits on zero: probably nothing there.
- confounder
- adjusted for age, sex and PMI: +0.11 (p 0.339, n 84). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis -0.72 (p 1.8e-14); controlling for it: +0.06 (p 0.609, n 84). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.04 to +0.11, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.09 (p 0.434, n 75). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GAK in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.