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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6985
23 Oct 2026, 00:53 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionHNRNPU in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredd71500c51525a094
discovery-0.53 p=0.138 n=9
replication+0.56 p=0.114 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.53, p 0.138)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 6985: HNRNPU in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.06 (p 0.820, n 18), 95% CI -0.51 to +0.42. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.11 (p 0.677, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.15 (p 0.549, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.19 to +0.05, sign flips 3; without severely affected donors -0.06 (p 0.820, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for HNRNPU in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.