Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 16657

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no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.18, p 0.639). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 16656, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 16657
    31 Oct 2026, 22:10 UTC


    WNT2B

    dopamine neurons, braak


    predictionWNT2B in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registered17179839f5d9cdf0

    discovery-0.18 p=0.639 n=9

    replication-0.71 p=0.031 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign


    no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.18, p 0.639)

    dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)

    NO EFFECT

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receipt 16657: WNT2B in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample -0.49 (p 0.039, n 18), 95% CI -0.78 to -0.03. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
confounder
adjusted for sex: -0.52 (p 0.026, n 18). holds up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.49 (p 0.038, n 18). not the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range -0.65 to -0.42, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.49 (p 0.039, n 18). robust.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for WNT2B in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.