The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0005
16 Oct 2026, 14:38 UTCdopamine neurons, resilience
predictionATP13A2 in dopamine neurons differs in resilient donors (Lewy pathology, no parkinsonism)
registeredb32fd7f2fef6322b
discovery+0.23 p=0.364 n=30
replication-0.29 p=0.374 n=25
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (rank-biserial r +0.23, p 0.364)
datasimulated substantia nigra cohort (84 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0005: ATP13A2 in dopamine neurons, resilience
- power
- full sample +0.07 (p 0.736, n 55), 95% CI -0.20 to +0.33. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for age, sex and PMI: +0.15 (p 0.449, n 55). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.12 (p 0.542); controlling for it: +0.02 (p 0.933, n 55). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.03 to +0.14, sign flips 1; without severely affected donors +0.04 (p 0.847, n 46). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- braak beats resilience for ATP13A2 in dopamine neurons: -0.40 (p 1.8e-4, n 84). proposing braak.
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