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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1198
17 Oct 2026, 17:06 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGPD2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered4b1fe25f634d1f5a
discovery+0.28 p=0.471 n=9
replication+0.27 p=0.485 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.28, p 0.471)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1198: GPD2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.04 (p 0.888, n 18), 95% CI -0.49 to +0.44. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.01 (p 0.962, 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 -0.17 to +0.09, sign flips 5; without severely affected donors -0.04 (p 0.888, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GPD2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.