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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9968
25 Oct 2026, 17:50 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionLUC7L2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredf569d4b44582dd64
discovery+0.17 p=0.666 n=9
replication+0.22 p=0.570 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.17, p 0.666)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 9968: LUC7L2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.21 (p 0.408, n 18), 95% CI -0.29 to +0.61. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.09 (p 0.709, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.06 (p 0.814, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.11 to +0.35, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.21 (p 0.408, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for LUC7L2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.