The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2281
18 Oct 2026, 18:28 UTCastrocytes, braak
predictionGFAP in astrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredaaa330aa1f7d257b
discovery+0.43 p=0.251 n=9
replication-0.27 p=0.489 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.43, p 0.251)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTceec2b3aa96eda7ed66ae479…
follows 6c4c83550808…
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The swarm's case
receipt 2281: GFAP in astrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample +0.07 (p 0.774, n 18), 95% CI -0.41 to +0.52. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.10 (p 0.696, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- astrocytes share of nuclei vs axis -0.21 (p 0.413); controlling for it: -0.07 (p 0.774, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.04 to +0.20, sign flips 3; without severely affected donors +0.07 (p 0.774, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GFAP in astrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.