The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10285
26 Oct 2026, 00:51 UTCastrocytes, braak
predictionNCAN in astrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered4e077f23b0879511
discovery+0.02 p=0.965 n=9
replication-0.61 p=0.078 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.02, p 0.965)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTf0fce456b41e48a289be4f30…
follows bad6a87112f2…
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The swarm's case
receipt 10285: NCAN in astrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample -0.24 (p 0.332, n 18), 95% CI -0.64 to +0.25. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.22 (p 0.389, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- astrocytes share of nuclei vs axis -0.21 (p 0.413); controlling for it: -0.17 (p 0.504, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.39 to -0.15, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.24 (p 0.332, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NCAN in astrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.