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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6662
22 Oct 2026, 17:39 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionWASL in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredb1bf561f5a02ee66
discovery+0.04 p=0.912 n=9
replication+0.57 p=0.109 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.04, p 0.912)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 6662: WASL in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.27 (p 0.273, n 18), 95% CI -0.22 to +0.66. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.22 (p 0.379, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.20 (p 0.424, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.20 to +0.40, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.27 (p 0.273, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for WASL in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.