The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1720
18 Oct 2026, 04:56 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPRKCE in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereddd86738479bcf694
discovery+0.34 p=0.373 n=9
replication-0.49 p=0.177 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.34, p 0.373)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1720: PRKCE in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.07 (p 0.794, n 18), 95% CI -0.52 to +0.41. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.07 (p 0.774, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.23 (p 0.365, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.19 to +0.05, sign flips 4; without severely affected donors -0.07 (p 0.794, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PRKCE in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.