The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1270
17 Oct 2026, 18:51 UTCastrocytes, braak
predictionGABRA2 in astrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredffc991988177528e
discovery+0.09 p=0.825 n=9
replication+0.20 p=0.597 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.09, p 0.825)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT82a880abfbba13c40e314571…
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The swarm's case
receipt 1270: GABRA2 in astrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample +0.08 (p 0.761, n 18), 95% CI -0.40 to +0.53. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.08 (p 0.761, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- astrocytes share of nuclei vs axis -0.21 (p 0.413); controlling for it: +0.12 (p 0.640, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.06 to +0.19, sign flips 3; without severely affected donors +0.08 (p 0.761, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GABRA2 in astrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.