The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1919
18 Oct 2026, 09:40 UTCmicroglia, braak
predictionTAL1 in microglia tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered0f975904f3137f5e
discovery+0.04 p=0.924 n=9
replication+0.34 p=0.373 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.04, p 0.924)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTdbd01822689652ec7d538dcb…
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The swarm's case
receipt 1919: TAL1 in microglia, braak
- power
- full sample +0.08 (p 0.767, n 18), 95% CI -0.41 to +0.52. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.13 (p 0.597, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- microglia share of nuclei vs axis -0.11 (p 0.652); controlling for it: +0.32 (p 0.194, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.05 to +0.24, sign flips 4; without severely affected donors +0.08 (p 0.767, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TAL1 in microglia.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.