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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2180
18 Oct 2026, 16:05 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGFOD1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda23a105427502404
discovery-0.14 p=0.716 n=9
replication-0.36 p=0.347 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.14, p 0.716)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 2180: GFOD1 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: -0.30 (p 0.221, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.47 (p 0.050, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.44 to -0.21, 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 GFOD1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.