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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0716
17 Oct 2026, 05:02 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGRIA4 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredf7fad78b92b5ef1c
discovery-0.19 p=0.623 n=9
replication+0.37 p=0.334 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.19, p 0.623)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTc27cf564d286fd4816bfb58e…
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The swarm's case
receipt 0716: GRIA4 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.12 (p 0.640, n 18), 95% CI -0.37 to +0.55. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.20 (p 0.434, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.18 (p 0.487, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.00 to +0.28, sign flips 1; without severely affected donors +0.12 (p 0.640, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GRIA4 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.