The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 8729
24 Oct 2026, 14:32 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCOMMD9 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredfb86c3aad004899e
discovery-0.17 p=0.665 n=9
replication-0.09 p=0.815 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.17, p 0.665)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTb35f7eaa0c16c0211e0848a9…
follows 40c37f81f9e6…
Covered by the on-chain checkpoint of receipt 10865 (2026-10-26 13:05 UTC). See the checkpoint on Robinhood Chain. Previous receipt Next
The swarm's case
receipt 8729: COMMD9 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.19 (p 0.455, n 18), 95% CI -0.60 to +0.31. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.21 (p 0.413, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.24 (p 0.337, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.34 to -0.10, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.19 (p 0.455, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for COMMD9 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.