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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3810
20 Oct 2026, 03:29 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionUGT8 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredf34d5451125eb101
discovery-0.43 p=0.250 n=9
replication+0.58 p=0.102 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.43, p 0.250)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 3810: UGT8 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.02 (p 0.928, n 18), 95% CI -0.45 to +0.48. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.00 (p 0.997, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.08 (p 0.761, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.10 to +0.15, sign flips 8; without severely affected donors +0.02 (p 0.928, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for UGT8 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.