The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1996
18 Oct 2026, 11:30 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionFIGLA in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered84b4476b87984eaf
discovery-0.19 p=0.618 n=9
replication-0.05 p=0.893 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.19, p 0.618)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1996: FIGLA in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.09 (p 0.735, n 18), 95% CI -0.53 to +0.40. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.09 (p 0.735, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.09 (p 0.709, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.20 to +0.01, sign flips 3; without severely affected donors -0.09 (p 0.735, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for FIGLA in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.