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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7539
23 Oct 2026, 12:31 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionXIAP in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered581bc15a17eb3ff7
discovery-0.19 p=0.618 n=9
replication+0.11 p=0.773 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.19, p 0.618)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT0bf68e6ba57a7d6c62acf7a4…
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The swarm's case
receipt 7539: XIAP in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.04 (p 0.888, n 18), 95% CI -0.49 to +0.44. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.04 (p 0.874, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.13 (p 0.597, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.16 to +0.08, sign flips 4; without severely affected donors -0.04 (p 0.888, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for XIAP in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.