The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0102
16 Oct 2026, 16:34 UTCdopamine neurons, resilience
predictionNDUFA9 in dopamine neurons differs in resilient donors (Lewy pathology, no parkinsonism)
registered55cd7ea4ffbe28c8
discovery+0.02 p=0.919 n=28
replication+0.31 p=0.396 n=27
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (rank-biserial r +0.02, p 0.919)
datasimulated substantia nigra cohort (84 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0102: NDUFA9 in dopamine neurons, resilience
- power
- full sample -0.04 (p 0.833, n 55), 95% CI -0.30 to +0.23. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for age, sex and PMI: -0.03 (p 0.883, n 55). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.12 (p 0.542); controlling for it: -0.03 (p 0.883, n 55). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.14 to +0.04, sign flips 5; without severely affected donors -0.09 (p 0.671, n 46). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "differs in resilient donors (Lewy pathology, no parkinsonism)" for NDUFA9 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.