The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 12740
28 Oct 2026, 06:18 UTCastrocytes, braak
predictionRFX4 in astrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered65e98e1b5ab1d199
discovery+0.23 p=0.554 n=9
replication+0.00 p=1.000 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.23, p 0.554)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 12740: RFX4 in astrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample +0.09 (p 0.715, n 18), 95% CI -0.39 to +0.54. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.09 (p 0.715, 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 -0.04 to +0.18, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors +0.09 (p 0.715, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for RFX4 in astrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.