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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4111
20 Oct 2026, 10:08 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionUBOX5 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredf21930dbe738e613
discovery-0.24 p=0.533 n=9
replication-0.06 p=0.888 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.24, p 0.533)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 4111: UBOX5 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.30 (p 0.221, n 18), 95% CI -0.67 to +0.19. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.35 (p 0.150, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.45 (p 0.062, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.40 to -0.22, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.30 (p 0.221, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for UBOX5 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.