The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1917
18 Oct 2026, 09:37 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionKRT8 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered047a2e31b2ba116c
discovery+0.11 p=0.784 n=9
replication-0.44 p=0.234 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.11, p 0.784)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 1917: KRT8 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.16 (p 0.538, n 18), 95% CI -0.58 to +0.34. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.18 (p 0.482, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.29 (p 0.235, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.26 to -0.04, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.16 (p 0.538, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for KRT8 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.