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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9532
25 Oct 2026, 08:12 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPDCD5 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered40aa01ceae6d0621
discovery-0.27 p=0.476 n=9
replication+0.14 p=0.716 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.27, p 0.476)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT2bf5e3588b0546e0a1f857c6…
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The swarm's case
receipt 9532: PDCD5 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.14 (p 0.585, n 18), 95% CI -0.57 to +0.35. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.15 (p 0.555, 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 0.532, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.28 to -0.01, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.14 (p 0.585, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PDCD5 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.