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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2062
18 Oct 2026, 13:09 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionTERF2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda9ad0828cc9d6193
discovery+0.12 p=0.753 n=9
replication-0.42 p=0.258 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.12, p 0.753)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 2062: TERF2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.02 (p 0.928, n 18), 95% CI -0.48 to +0.45. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.01 (p 0.976, 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 0.901, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.18 to +0.07, sign flips 9; 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 TERF2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.