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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0682
17 Oct 2026, 04:12 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGCH1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered5ec167e4f5ccd522
discovery-0.35 p=0.355 n=9
replication+0.34 p=0.374 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.35, p 0.355)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0682: GCH1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.01 (p 0.983, n 18), 95% CI -0.47 to +0.46. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.12 (p 0.640, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.19 (p 0.444, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.09 to +0.13, sign flips 6; without severely affected donors -0.01 (p 0.983, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GCH1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.