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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0713
17 Oct 2026, 04:59 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionZKSCAN1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereddf47ccf0af56181e
discovery+0.05 p=0.893 n=9
replication+0.05 p=0.893 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.05, p 0.893)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0713: ZKSCAN1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.09 (p 0.728, n 18), 95% CI -0.40 to +0.53. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.11 (p 0.652, 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 0.561, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.03 to +0.21, sign flips 3; without severely affected donors +0.09 (p 0.728, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ZKSCAN1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.