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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7996
23 Oct 2026, 22:45 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionRNASE7 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredfcb9e79fcf6585e5
discovery-0.39 p=0.299 n=9
replication+0.30 p=0.428 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.39, p 0.299)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 7996: RNASE7 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.07 (p 0.794, n 18), 95% CI -0.52 to +0.41. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.10 (p 0.690, 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 -0.20 to +0.05, sign flips 3; without severely affected donors -0.07 (p 0.794, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for RNASE7 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.