The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5201
21 Oct 2026, 10:16 UTCastrocytes, braak
predictionPLCG1 in astrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredb236e99974b0a83d
discovery+0.18 p=0.646 n=9
replication+0.31 p=0.414 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.18, p 0.646)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 5201: PLCG1 in astrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample +0.18 (p 0.471, n 18), 95% CI -0.31 to +0.60. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.22 (p 0.384, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- astrocytes share of nuclei vs axis -0.21 (p 0.413); controlling for it: +0.24 (p 0.328, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.09 to +0.26, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.18 (p 0.471, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PLCG1 in astrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.