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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7637
23 Oct 2026, 14:43 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionWARS2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registerede5b9891ddbb9c203
discovery+0.41 p=0.273 n=9
replication-0.10 p=0.807 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.41, p 0.273)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 7637: WARS2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.18 (p 0.482, n 18), 95% CI -0.32 to +0.59. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.18 (p 0.471, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.16 (p 0.538, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.08 to +0.32, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.18 (p 0.482, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for WARS2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.