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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4470
20 Oct 2026, 18:13 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionAEBP2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredd7951a203d5db048
discovery-0.12 p=0.768 n=9
replication+0.37 p=0.334 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.12, p 0.768)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 4470: AEBP2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.16 (p 0.538, n 18), 95% CI -0.34 to +0.58. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.13 (p 0.609, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.10 (p 0.690, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.03 to +0.27, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.16 (p 0.538, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for AEBP2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.