The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0342
16 Oct 2026, 22:30 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCOPB1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered0382d4c854fd66da
discovery-0.37 p=0.329 n=9
replication-0.34 p=0.367 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.37, p 0.329)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0342: COPB1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.31 (p 0.207, n 18), 95% CI -0.68 to +0.18. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.29 (p 0.250, 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 0.355, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.45 to -0.21, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.31 (p 0.207, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for COPB1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.