The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0173
16 Oct 2026, 18:12 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionAXL in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredee2c148af2e8c9f5
discovery-0.47 p=0.197 n=9
replication-0.33 p=0.380 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.47, p 0.197)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0173: AXL in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.35 (p 0.156, n 18), 95% CI -0.70 to +0.14. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.33 (p 0.176, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.30 (p 0.225, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.44 to -0.26, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.35 (p 0.156, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for AXL in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.