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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10741
26 Oct 2026, 10:11 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionZNF536 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered17810686c7868c2f
discovery-0.50 p=0.173 n=9
replication-0.26 p=0.499 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.50, p 0.173)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 10741: ZNF536 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.37 (p 0.127, n 18), 95% CI -0.72 to +0.11. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.37 (p 0.127, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.45 (p 0.059, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.49 to -0.29, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.37 (p 0.127, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ZNF536 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.