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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 8664
24 Oct 2026, 13:04 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionDZIP1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredabe31ea0caa46ae0
discovery-0.03 p=0.946 n=9
replication+0.58 p=0.102 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.03, p 0.946)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 8664: DZIP1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.23 (p 0.351, n 18), 95% CI -0.26 to +0.63. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.18 (p 0.471, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.26 (p 0.294, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.14 to +0.40, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.23 (p 0.351, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for DZIP1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.