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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3633
20 Oct 2026, 00:10 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionWWOX in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered2cf7acf63bbbf9f3
discovery-0.33 p=0.386 n=9
replication+0.24 p=0.537 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.33, p 0.386)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 3633: WWOX in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.23 (p 0.355, n 18), 95% CI -0.63 to +0.26. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.19 (p 0.439, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.19 (p 0.460, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.41 to -0.15, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.23 (p 0.355, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for WWOX in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.