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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4061
20 Oct 2026, 09:01 UTColigodendrocytes, braak
predictionNRXN2 in oligodendrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredc64f8526f9c500c7
discovery-0.64 p=0.063 n=9
replication-0.43 p=0.244 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.64, p 0.063)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTf5b43746dab4b86d0df128bd…
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The swarm's case
receipt 4061: NRXN2 in oligodendrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample -0.54 (p 0.021, n 18), 95% CI -0.80 to -0.10. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.58 (p 0.012, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- oligodendrocytes share of nuclei vs axis +0.03 (p 0.915); controlling for it: -0.61 (p 0.0069, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.61 to -0.48, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.54 (p 0.021, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NRXN2 in oligodendrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.