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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2318
18 Oct 2026, 19:21 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGATM in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredfd179f57410f9cfd
discovery-0.42 p=0.265 n=9
replication+0.20 p=0.613 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.42, p 0.265)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 2318: GATM in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.18 (p 0.487, n 18), 95% CI -0.59 to +0.32. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.13 (p 0.609, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.14 (p 0.573, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.29 to -0.04, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.18 (p 0.487, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GATM in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.