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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0257
16 Oct 2026, 20:26 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionUCHL1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredb6aea65ba8776e70
discovery+0.52 p=0.153 n=9
replication+0.11 p=0.787 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.52, p 0.153)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0257: UCHL1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.35 (p 0.153, n 18), 95% CI -0.14 to +0.70. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.35 (p 0.156, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.31 (p 0.214, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.27 to +0.50, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.35 (p 0.153, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for UCHL1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.