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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6261
22 Oct 2026, 08:48 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionRPS27A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered4b96d3e4bb444d90
discovery-0.17 p=0.671 n=9
replication+0.13 p=0.732 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.17, p 0.671)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 6261: RPS27A in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.11 (p 0.677, n 18), 95% CI -0.38 to +0.55. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.13 (p 0.621, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.03 (p 0.894, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.01 to +0.24, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors +0.11 (p 0.677, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for RPS27A in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.