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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7038
23 Oct 2026, 02:08 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPPME1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered35edb8c2812467d8
discovery+0.28 p=0.466 n=9
replication-0.45 p=0.227 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.28, p 0.466)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 7038: PPME1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.03 (p 0.908, n 18), 95% CI -0.44 to +0.49. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.02 (p 0.928, 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 0.922, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.09 to +0.15, sign flips 6; without severely affected donors +0.03 (p 0.908, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PPME1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.