The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4237
20 Oct 2026, 12:58 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCKMT1A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registerede80bb513f0ace671
discovery+0.93 p=3.2e-4 n=9
replication-0.03 p=0.946 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
did not replicate (discovery +0.93 p 3.2e-4; held-out -0.03 p 0.946)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 4237: CKMT1A in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.23 (p 0.351, n 18), 95% CI -0.26 to +0.63. 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: +0.08 (p 0.761, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.15 to +0.39, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.23 (p 0.351, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CKMT1A in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.