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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1076
17 Oct 2026, 13:45 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionWNT2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredf984e5d9eb3ac358
discovery-0.33 p=0.385 n=9
replication-0.01 p=0.982 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.33, p 0.385)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1076: WNT2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.08 (p 0.767, 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: -0.28 (p 0.269, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.18 to +0.04, sign flips 4; without severely affected donors -0.08 (p 0.767, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for WNT2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.