The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10688
26 Oct 2026, 09:01 UTColigodendrocytes, braak
predictionVWC2 in oligodendrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered44b92750aa4e6492
discovery+0.11 p=0.787 n=9
replication-0.26 p=0.498 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.11, p 0.787)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 10688: VWC2 in oligodendrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample -0.08 (p 0.748, n 18), 95% CI -0.53 to +0.40. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.06 (p 0.814, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- oligodendrocytes share of nuclei vs axis +0.03 (p 0.915); controlling for it: -0.23 (p 0.369, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.17 to +0.05, sign flips 3; without severely affected donors -0.08 (p 0.748, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for VWC2 in oligodendrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.