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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0742
17 Oct 2026, 05:38 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionB4GALT1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredbe60aa3e7b0bfa40
discovery-0.44 p=0.234 n=9
replication-0.25 p=0.517 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.44, p 0.234)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0742: B4GALT1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.38 (p 0.123, n 18), 95% CI -0.72 to +0.11. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.38 (p 0.123, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.54 (p 0.019, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.54 to -0.30, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.38 (p 0.123, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for B4GALT1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.