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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3286
19 Oct 2026, 16:35 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionUBA52 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered539c185011aed797
discovery-0.14 p=0.724 n=9
replication+0.38 p=0.309 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.14, p 0.724)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 3286: UBA52 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.12 (p 0.633, n 18), 95% CI -0.37 to +0.56. 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: +0.16 (p 0.526, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.00 to +0.23, sign flips 1; without severely affected donors +0.12 (p 0.633, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for UBA52 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.