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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5216
21 Oct 2026, 10:32 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGPBAR1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda15201e41eb0968c
discovery+0.04 p=0.927 n=9
replication-0.68 p=0.042 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.04, p 0.927)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 5216: GPBAR1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.33 (p 0.176, n 18), 95% CI -0.69 to +0.16. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.32 (p 0.201, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.35 (p 0.150, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.48 to -0.25, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.33 (p 0.176, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GPBAR1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.