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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 11811
27 Oct 2026, 10:10 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionUNG in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered10b8c5625578ec49
discovery-0.32 p=0.400 n=9
replication-0.33 p=0.387 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.32, p 0.400)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 11811: UNG in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.29 (p 0.235, n 18), 95% CI -0.67 to +0.20. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.29 (p 0.239, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.43 (p 0.075, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.43 to -0.21, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.29 (p 0.235, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for UNG in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.