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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4898
21 Oct 2026, 03:28 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionUBE3A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredc8fad627c46e1207
discovery-0.11 p=0.787 n=9
replication+0.54 p=0.129 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.11, p 0.787)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 4898: UBE3A in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.28 (p 0.269, n 18), 95% CI -0.22 to +0.66. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.22 (p 0.379, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.36 (p 0.145, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.17 to +0.40, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.28 (p 0.269, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for UBE3A in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.