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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 15171
30 Oct 2026, 13:42 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionWHAMM in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredb3cf5e227e50536d
discovery+0.54 p=0.129 n=9
replication-0.63 p=0.068 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.54, p 0.129)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 15171: WHAMM in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.05 (p 0.834, n 18), 95% CI -0.51 to +0.42. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.04 (p 0.881, 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 0.827, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.16 to +0.06, sign flips 3; without severely affected donors -0.05 (p 0.834, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for WHAMM in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.