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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2108
18 Oct 2026, 14:18 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionHACE1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered1dd50166c07cd13b
discovery+0.06 p=0.877 n=9
replication+0.47 p=0.199 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.06, p 0.877)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 2108: HACE1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.35 (p 0.156, n 18), 95% CI -0.14 to +0.70. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.43 (p 0.074, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.39 (p 0.111, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.26 to +0.47, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.35 (p 0.156, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for HACE1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.