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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0396
16 Oct 2026, 23:44 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionWDHD1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered442593ff5129445c
discovery+0.53 p=0.146 n=9
replication+0.18 p=0.648 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.53, p 0.146)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0396: WDHD1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.31 (p 0.211, n 18), 95% CI -0.18 to +0.68. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.45 (p 0.060, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.49 (p 0.039, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.24 to +0.48, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.31 (p 0.211, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for WDHD1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.