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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7464
23 Oct 2026, 10:43 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionUBQLN1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered72a354bc56e9d76a
discovery-0.14 p=0.724 n=9
replication+0.53 p=0.138 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.14, p 0.724)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 7464: UBQLN1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.20 (p 0.418, n 18), 95% CI -0.29 to +0.61. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.21 (p 0.393, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.21 (p 0.398, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.10 to +0.34, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.20 (p 0.418, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for UBQLN1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.