The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 10959
26 Oct 2026, 15:12 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionTRPM4 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered40e8ef353617f7a4
discovery+0.43 p=0.253 n=9
replication-0.54 p=0.130 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.43, p 0.253)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 10959: TRPM4 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.14 (p 0.579, n 18), 95% CI -0.57 to +0.35. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.20 (p 0.418, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.25 (p 0.319, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.26 to -0.03, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.14 (p 0.579, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TRPM4 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.