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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4306
20 Oct 2026, 14:34 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionITGAL in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered9856ffc7f01c99bc
discovery-0.39 p=0.298 n=9
replication-0.66 p=0.054 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.39, p 0.298)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT28e369d6e32707e82c62fb85…
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The swarm's case
receipt 4306: ITGAL in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.46 (p 0.057, n 18), 95% CI -0.76 to +0.01. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.45 (p 0.062, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.44 (p 0.064, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.60 to -0.38, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.46 (p 0.057, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ITGAL in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.