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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10611
26 Oct 2026, 07:17 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPUM2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredcce58e64f263d82c
discovery+0.11 p=0.785 n=9
replication-0.32 p=0.402 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.11, p 0.785)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 10611: PUM2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.10 (p 0.690, n 18), 95% CI -0.54 to +0.38. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.15 (p 0.549, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.09 (p 0.728, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.24 to +0.01, sign flips 1; without severely affected donors -0.10 (p 0.690, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PUM2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.