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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5865
22 Oct 2026, 00:37 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionALPL in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredca629c7981e8f194
discovery-0.35 p=0.354 n=9
replication+0.00 p=1.000 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.35, p 0.354)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT0f1e2d6a7ed027533dc3ad33…
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The swarm's case
receipt 5865: ALPL in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.21 (p 0.408, n 18), 95% CI -0.61 to +0.29. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.21 (p 0.408, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.38 (p 0.116, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.35 to -0.11, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.21 (p 0.408, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ALPL in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.