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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4956
21 Oct 2026, 04:48 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPPIB in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda8d4d8903e3fe3ae
discovery-0.08 p=0.832 n=9
replication-0.32 p=0.400 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.08, p 0.832)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 4956: PPIB in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.01 (p 0.969, n 18), 95% CI -0.46 to +0.47. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.02 (p 0.928, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.09 (p 0.735, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.10 to +0.13, sign flips 9; without severely affected donors +0.01 (p 0.969, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PPIB in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.