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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9101
24 Oct 2026, 23:04 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGPC3 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered3c22d1cca6995bed
discovery-0.63 p=0.067 n=9
replication+0.60 p=0.090 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.63, p 0.067)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 9101: GPC3 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.26 (p 0.306, n 18), 95% CI -0.24 to +0.65. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.21 (p 0.408, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.33 (p 0.185, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.15 to +0.39, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.26 (p 0.306, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GPC3 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.