The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2379
18 Oct 2026, 20:46 UTCastrocytes, braak
predictionTLR4 in astrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered9983e28772d28cb7
discovery-0.49 p=0.179 n=9
replication+0.37 p=0.329 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.49, p 0.179)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT403d929d9ac70ba6ebde5218…
follows 8b0c2f19a24a…
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The swarm's case
receipt 2379: TLR4 in astrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample -0.11 (p 0.664, n 18), 95% CI -0.55 to +0.38. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.06 (p 0.807, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- astrocytes share of nuclei vs axis -0.21 (p 0.413); controlling for it: +0.03 (p 0.901, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.20 to +0.03, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors -0.11 (p 0.664, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TLR4 in astrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.