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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2970
19 Oct 2026, 09:29 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionEAF1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredf3339b41874435c6
discovery-0.20 p=0.615 n=9
replication-0.43 p=0.251 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 2970: EAF1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.23 (p 0.351, n 18), 95% CI -0.63 to +0.26. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.20 (p 0.418, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.22 (p 0.389, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.35 to -0.16, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.23 (p 0.351, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for EAF1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.