The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1814
18 Oct 2026, 07:08 UTCastrocytes, braak
predictionCTNNA2 in astrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered7ce6376b4a5373d6
discovery+0.30 p=0.428 n=9
replication+0.02 p=0.965 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.30, p 0.428)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT4c276dcc7cc69d3d7e76e894…
follows a56c63d99597…
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The swarm's case
receipt 1814: CTNNA2 in astrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample +0.17 (p 0.504, n 18), 95% CI -0.32 to +0.59. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.20 (p 0.424, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- astrocytes share of nuclei vs axis -0.21 (p 0.413); controlling for it: +0.25 (p 0.319, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.08 to +0.32, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.17 (p 0.504, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CTNNA2 in astrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.