The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0097
16 Oct 2026, 16:28 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNDUFS2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered9cc431f38b7581f1
discovery-0.05 p=0.768 n=42
replication+0.01 p=0.939 n=42
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.05, p 0.768)
datasimulated substantia nigra cohort (84 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0097: NDUFS2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.01 (p 0.934, n 84), 95% CI -0.22 to +0.21. the interval sits on zero: probably nothing there.
- confounder
- adjusted for age, sex and PMI: -0.03 (p 0.798, n 84). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis -0.72 (p 1.8e-14); controlling for it: -0.07 (p 0.533, n 84). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.04 to +0.03, sign flips 15; without severely affected donors -0.01 (p 0.901, n 75). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NDUFS2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.