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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0339
16 Oct 2026, 22:24 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGBF1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered14e348485207b598
discovery-0.46 p=0.209 n=9
replication+0.10 p=0.803 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.46, p 0.209)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0339: GBF1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.17 (p 0.504, n 18), 95% CI -0.59 to +0.32. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.23 (p 0.369, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.24 (p 0.337, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.29 to -0.04, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.17 (p 0.504, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GBF1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.