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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5798
21 Oct 2026, 23:09 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionWNT7A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered54d9da544d45f1d1
discovery-0.37 p=0.329 n=9
replication-0.45 p=0.224 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.37, p 0.329)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT1312b3e4737c7825c8db8c89…
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The swarm's case
receipt 5798: WNT7A in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.39 (p 0.105, n 18), 95% CI -0.73 to +0.09. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.41 (p 0.095, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.58 (p 0.012, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.56 to -0.32, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.39 (p 0.105, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for WNT7A in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.