The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0266
16 Oct 2026, 20:39 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionGM2A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda3de996b5c828d06
discovery-0.74 p=0.023 n=9
replication-0.24 p=0.539 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
did not replicate (discovery -0.74 p 0.023; held-out -0.24 p 0.539)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0266: GM2A in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.51 (p 0.031, n 18), 95% CI -0.79 to -0.06. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.53 (p 0.023, n 18). holds up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.58 (p 0.011, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.69 to -0.45, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.51 (p 0.031, n 18). robust.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GM2A in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.