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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10216
25 Oct 2026, 23:23 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionWNT5A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered03126c7c47d1d8c2
discovery-0.39 p=0.303 n=9
replication-0.77 p=0.015 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.39, p 0.303)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTa6d1625268d28b0cdc146307…
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The swarm's case
receipt 10216: WNT5A in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.56 (p 0.016, n 18), 95% CI -0.81 to -0.13. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.59 (p 0.011, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.54 (p 0.019, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.68 to -0.50, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.56 (p 0.016, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for WNT5A in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.