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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1780
18 Oct 2026, 06:22 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionWDR20 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered6f1b7f8b203b134c
discovery-0.62 p=0.076 n=9
replication-0.35 p=0.362 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.62, p 0.076)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1780: WDR20 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.41 (p 0.089, n 18), 95% CI -0.74 to +0.07. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.38 (p 0.118, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.52 (p 0.027, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.55 to -0.34, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.41 (p 0.089, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for WDR20 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.