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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4613
20 Oct 2026, 21:28 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGFY in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered7cecc54aab64a76a
discovery-0.34 p=0.375 n=9
replication-0.45 p=0.230 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.34, p 0.375)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 4613: GFY in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.43 (p 0.079, n 18), 95% CI -0.74 to +0.05. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.43 (p 0.074, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.56 (p 0.015, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.60 to -0.36, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.43 (p 0.079, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GFY in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.