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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2230
18 Oct 2026, 17:14 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionWDSUB1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered6f7284aece201a71
discovery+0.43 p=0.251 n=9
replication-0.54 p=0.136 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.43, p 0.251)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 2230: WDSUB1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.05 (p 0.847, n 18), 95% CI -0.43 to +0.50. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.09 (p 0.728, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.13 (p 0.603, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.06 to +0.18, sign flips 4; without severely affected donors +0.05 (p 0.847, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for WDSUB1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.