The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2691
19 Oct 2026, 03:04 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionDPP4 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered13fa3e69d79ea7b5
discovery+0.01 p=0.982 n=9
replication+0.48 p=0.187 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.01, p 0.982)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 2691: DPP4 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.10 (p 0.696, n 18), 95% CI -0.39 to +0.54. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.11 (p 0.671, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.03 (p 0.915, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.01 to +0.24, sign flips 1; without severely affected donors +0.10 (p 0.696, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for DPP4 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.