The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2273
18 Oct 2026, 18:17 UTCmicroglia, braak
predictionTNF in microglia tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered6e7e23532897c074
discovery-0.46 p=0.217 n=9
replication-0.34 p=0.375 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.46, p 0.217)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 2273: TNF in microglia, braak
- power
- full sample -0.38 (p 0.125, n 18), 95% CI -0.72 to +0.11. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.36 (p 0.142, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- microglia share of nuclei vs axis -0.11 (p 0.652); controlling for it: -0.20 (p 0.418, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.46 to -0.28, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.38 (p 0.125, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TNF in microglia.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.