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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7568
23 Oct 2026, 13:12 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPDHA1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredfd7bdc606d5b7582
discovery-0.25 p=0.517 n=9
replication+0.39 p=0.293 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.25, p 0.517)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 7568: PDHA1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.04 (p 0.888, n 18), 95% CI -0.44 to +0.49. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.06 (p 0.807, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.04 (p 0.861, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.06 to +0.20, sign flips 5; 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 PDHA1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.