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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4080
20 Oct 2026, 09:26 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionELP1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredac7ed65774cccabe
discovery+0.38 p=0.309 n=9
replication+0.15 p=0.705 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.38, p 0.309)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 4080: ELP1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.29 (p 0.250, n 18), 95% CI -0.21 to +0.66. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.31 (p 0.218, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.29 (p 0.243, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.18 to +0.41, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.29 (p 0.250, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ELP1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.