The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10776
26 Oct 2026, 11:03 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPLAU in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered417fa96df7071923
discovery+0.17 p=0.663 n=9
replication-0.63 p=0.069 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.17, p 0.663)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 10776: PLAU in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.19 (p 0.444, n 18), 95% CI -0.60 to +0.30. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.09 (p 0.715, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.14 (p 0.579, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.32 to -0.08, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.19 (p 0.444, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PLAU in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.