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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4272
20 Oct 2026, 13:48 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionUBE2D1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered5b2fed112ee3d210
discovery+0.28 p=0.458 n=9
replication-0.20 p=0.613 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.28, p 0.458)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 4272: UBE2D1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.00 (p 0.990, n 18), 95% CI -0.47 to +0.46. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.02 (p 0.928, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.02 (p 0.949, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.12 to +0.11, sign flips 9; without severely affected donors -0.00 (p 0.990, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for UBE2D1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.