The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0665
17 Oct 2026, 03:45 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionKAT5 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered5a48ebf52e53b38d
discovery-0.04 p=0.909 n=9
replication-0.22 p=0.569 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.04, p 0.909)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT9ac2bdc1d0125619c5015abd…
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The swarm's case
receipt 0665: KAT5 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.02 (p 0.949, n 18), 95% CI -0.48 to +0.45. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.04 (p 0.867, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.21 (p 0.393, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.09 to +0.11, sign flips 6; without severely affected donors -0.02 (p 0.949, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for KAT5 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.