The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4876
21 Oct 2026, 03:01 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionRAI1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredaecd3c175e094fb9
discovery-0.69 p=0.038 n=9
replication-0.03 p=0.929 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
did not replicate (discovery -0.69 p 0.038; held-out -0.03 p 0.929)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 4876: RAI1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.40 (p 0.101, n 18), 95% CI -0.73 to +0.08. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.44 (p 0.070, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.54 (p 0.019, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.52 to -0.32, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.40 (p 0.101, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for RAI1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.