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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1936
18 Oct 2026, 10:05 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionZNF700 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredea5f7fbe45d22ad0
discovery-0.21 p=0.583 n=9
replication+0.17 p=0.663 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.21, p 0.583)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1936: ZNF700 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.11 (p 0.652, n 18), 95% CI -0.55 to +0.37. 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: -0.29 (p 0.243, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.21 to -0.02, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.11 (p 0.652, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ZNF700 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.