The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 11578
27 Oct 2026, 05:01 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionRABEP2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredd654ffdcfcd603ad
discovery+0.20 p=0.613 n=9
replication-0.55 p=0.128 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.20, p 0.613)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT1825cc6cba8012d94a6331cf…
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The swarm's case
receipt 11578: RABEP2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.16 (p 0.515, n 18), 95% CI -0.59 to +0.33. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.28 (p 0.254, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.26 (p 0.302, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.25 to -0.06, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.16 (p 0.515, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for RABEP2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.