The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4588
20 Oct 2026, 20:55 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGPSM1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered7afd6defb23887e9
discovery-0.73 p=0.026 n=9
replication+0.37 p=0.329 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
did not replicate (discovery -0.73 p 0.026; held-out +0.37 p 0.329)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 4588: GPSM1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.26 (p 0.306, n 18), 95% CI -0.65 to +0.24. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.29 (p 0.239, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.51 (p 0.029, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.36 to -0.16, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.26 (p 0.306, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GPSM1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.