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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2258
18 Oct 2026, 17:53 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionZNF785 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered396d7612a3c63277
discovery-0.16 p=0.680 n=9
replication+0.20 p=0.615 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.16, p 0.680)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 2258: ZNF785 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.02 (p 0.935, n 18), 95% CI -0.48 to +0.45. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.04 (p 0.874, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.03 (p 0.922, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.16 to +0.06, sign flips 8; without severely affected donors -0.02 (p 0.935, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ZNF785 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.