The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1024
17 Oct 2026, 12:25 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionMRPL33 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered0cc4dc41fd4edb6c
discovery-0.06 p=0.888 n=9
replication+0.21 p=0.581 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.06, p 0.888)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1024: MRPL33 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.14 (p 0.585, n 18), 95% CI -0.35 to +0.57. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.15 (p 0.544, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.49 (p 0.041, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.02 to +0.24, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.14 (p 0.585, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MRPL33 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.