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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7668
23 Oct 2026, 15:22 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionWDR44 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredee23b5256908a8e3
discovery+0.37 p=0.321 n=9
replication-0.17 p=0.656 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.37, p 0.321)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 7668: WDR44 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.11 (p 0.658, n 18), 95% CI -0.37 to +0.55. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.25 (p 0.315, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.39 (p 0.111, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.00 to +0.22, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.11 (p 0.658, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for WDR44 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.