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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 8699
24 Oct 2026, 13:53 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionLPAR1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registerede1deff137a0a6233
discovery-0.03 p=0.946 n=9
replication+0.35 p=0.362 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.03, p 0.946)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 8699: LPAR1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.19 (p 0.450, n 18), 95% CI -0.30 to +0.60. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.17 (p 0.504, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.16 (p 0.515, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.09 to +0.33, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.19 (p 0.450, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for LPAR1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.