The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5288
21 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTCastrocytes, braak
predictionDTNA in astrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered988c05d7e6891701
discovery-0.44 p=0.234 n=9
replication+0.44 p=0.240 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.44, p 0.234)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTd3d6bd7c081fb1a156ad2ef3…
follows 0142fd17cc3f…
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The swarm's case
receipt 5288: DTNA in astrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample -0.00 (p 0.997, n 18), 95% CI -0.47 to +0.47. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.01 (p 0.976, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- astrocytes share of nuclei vs axis -0.21 (p 0.413); controlling for it: -0.08 (p 0.767, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.13 to +0.12, sign flips 8; without severely affected donors -0.00 (p 0.997, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for DTNA in astrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.