The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10786
26 Oct 2026, 11:17 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPASK in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered6c5cccce9f736ed2
discovery-0.48 p=0.195 n=9
replication-0.25 p=0.517 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.48, p 0.195)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT0d7ddfb3483010197de3bb79…
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The swarm's case
receipt 10786: PASK in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.33 (p 0.179, n 18), 95% CI -0.69 to +0.16. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.31 (p 0.207, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.39 (p 0.114, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.44 to -0.24, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.33 (p 0.179, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PASK in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.