The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0024
16 Oct 2026, 15:03 UTCdopamine neurons, resilience
predictionVPS35 in dopamine neurons differs in resilient donors (Lewy pathology, no parkinsonism)
registered736a1ae100db1f7e
discovery-0.16 p=0.567 n=25
replication-0.28 p=0.330 n=30
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (rank-biserial r -0.16, p 0.567)
datasimulated substantia nigra cohort (84 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0024: VPS35 in dopamine neurons, resilience
- power
- full sample -0.17 (p 0.388, n 55), 95% CI -0.42 to +0.10. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for age, sex and PMI: -0.24 (p 0.230, n 55). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.12 (p 0.542); controlling for it: -0.22 (p 0.256, n 55). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.21 to -0.10, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.16 (p 0.432, n 46). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "differs in resilient donors (Lewy pathology, no parkinsonism)" for VPS35 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.