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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3014
19 Oct 2026, 10:27 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionUNC5C in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registerededfe9af08aa2b35e
discovery-0.19 p=0.631 n=9
replication-0.32 p=0.407 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.19, p 0.631)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 3014: UNC5C in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.23 (p 0.365, n 18), 95% CI -0.63 to +0.27. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.23 (p 0.365, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.30 (p 0.225, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.35 to -0.12, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.23 (p 0.365, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for UNC5C in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.