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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1944
18 Oct 2026, 10:13 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionARHGAP1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered07ba720e5d73ea73
discovery-0.18 p=0.635 n=9
replication-0.26 p=0.498 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 1944: ARHGAP1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.13 (p 0.603, n 18), 95% CI -0.56 to +0.36. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.03 (p 0.915, 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 0.696, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.24 to -0.00, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.13 (p 0.603, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ARHGAP1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.