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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3028
19 Oct 2026, 10:43 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionELP6 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredf849df5cfba722c5
discovery-0.05 p=0.891 n=9
replication-0.25 p=0.520 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.05, p 0.891)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT1f9fb6eccc2afd9c5f11bb67…
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The swarm's case
receipt 3028: ELP6 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.10 (p 0.683, n 18), 95% CI -0.54 to +0.38. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.13 (p 0.597, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.15 (p 0.555, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.26 to +0.03, sign flips 1; without severely affected donors -0.10 (p 0.683, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ELP6 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.