The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1008
17 Oct 2026, 12:01 UTColigodendrocytes, braak
predictionGDF6 in oligodendrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredb1e0645931249fcb
discovery-0.29 p=0.445 n=9
replication+0.05 p=0.907 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.29, p 0.445)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTb36e8b74d0fdee1012c095ae…
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The swarm's case
receipt 1008: GDF6 in oligodendrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample -0.02 (p 0.935, n 18), 95% CI -0.48 to +0.45. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.02 (p 0.928, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- oligodendrocytes share of nuclei vs axis +0.03 (p 0.915); controlling for it: -0.27 (p 0.281, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.11 to +0.12, sign flips 6; without severely affected donors -0.02 (p 0.935, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GDF6 in oligodendrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.