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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1886
18 Oct 2026, 08:53 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionWWTR1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredd4ab7e3de011378d
discovery+0.18 p=0.651 n=9
replication+0.69 p=0.042 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.18, p 0.651)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1886: WWTR1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.40 (p 0.103, n 18), 95% CI -0.09 to +0.73. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.48 (p 0.044, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.35 (p 0.156, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.30 to +0.50, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.40 (p 0.103, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for WWTR1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.