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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1697
18 Oct 2026, 04:21 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionUTP15 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered1a1a79cfbada6c1d
discovery-0.34 p=0.374 n=9
replication-0.38 p=0.316 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.34, p 0.374)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1697: UTP15 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.22 (p 0.384, n 18), 95% CI -0.62 to +0.28. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.22 (p 0.389, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.22 (p 0.384, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.36 to -0.12, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.22 (p 0.384, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for UTP15 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.