The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2812
19 Oct 2026, 05:52 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionTUBA1B in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered78d2bc96da068e5c
discovery-0.05 p=0.891 n=9
replication+0.52 p=0.151 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.05, p 0.891)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT931a2ed065a1d74e08b9c9d5…
follows 8c8fcdb232d0…
Covered by the on-chain checkpoint of receipt 10865 (2026-10-26 13:05 UTC). See the checkpoint on Robinhood Chain. Previous receipt Next
The swarm's case
receipt 2812: TUBA1B in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.25 (p 0.319, n 18), 95% CI -0.25 to +0.64. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.20 (p 0.434, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.23 (p 0.351, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.18 to +0.43, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.25 (p 0.319, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TUBA1B in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.