The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5059
21 Oct 2026, 07:06 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSIL1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered75b40f119aa6142c
discovery-0.21 p=0.583 n=9
replication-0.53 p=0.143 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.21, p 0.583)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 5059: SIL1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.23 (p 0.369, n 18), 95% CI -0.63 to +0.27. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.29 (p 0.246, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.38 (p 0.118, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.35 to -0.12, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.23 (p 0.369, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SIL1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.