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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2753
19 Oct 2026, 04:23 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionYARS2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda7adb5a3746a1309
discovery-0.54 p=0.133 n=9
replication+0.11 p=0.787 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.54, p 0.133)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 2753: YARS2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.24 (p 0.337, n 18), 95% CI -0.64 to +0.26. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.24 (p 0.328, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.23 (p 0.360, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.37 to -0.14, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.24 (p 0.337, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for YARS2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.