The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4465
20 Oct 2026, 18:07 UTCastrocytes, braak
predictionNPAS3 in astrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered7f1a65b894245e30
discovery+0.13 p=0.732 n=9
replication+0.33 p=0.385 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.13, p 0.732)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT459c76ca645f47c030d3d2c3…
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The swarm's case
receipt 4465: NPAS3 in astrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample +0.27 (p 0.273, n 18), 95% CI -0.22 to +0.66. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.25 (p 0.310, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- astrocytes share of nuclei vs axis -0.21 (p 0.413); controlling for it: +0.25 (p 0.310, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.19 to +0.35, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.27 (p 0.273, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NPAS3 in astrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.