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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2492
18 Oct 2026, 23:15 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionHSPA5 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredf7ec38be0cdfeb42
discovery+0.20 p=0.615 n=9
replication+0.01 p=0.980 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.20, p 0.615)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 2492: HSPA5 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.09 (p 0.709, n 18), 95% CI -0.39 to +0.54. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.09 (p 0.709, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.21 (p 0.413, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.02 to +0.23, sign flips 1; without severely affected donors +0.09 (p 0.709, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for HSPA5 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.