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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9280
25 Oct 2026, 02:35 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionZYG11B in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredcc4589f8d1cdb8e1
discovery-0.22 p=0.570 n=9
replication-0.05 p=0.893 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.22, p 0.570)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 9280: ZYG11B in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.15 (p 0.561, n 18), 95% CI -0.57 to +0.34. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.21 (p 0.408, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.03 (p 0.908, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.29 to -0.05, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.15 (p 0.561, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ZYG11B in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.