The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2877
19 Oct 2026, 07:20 UTCastrocytes, braak
predictionZNF423 in astrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered12f3a0283140f42b
discovery+0.31 p=0.416 n=9
replication+0.06 p=0.873 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.31, p 0.416)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT95525a3d4141e7d662295fea…
follows 33562f971b69…
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The swarm's case
receipt 2877: ZNF423 in astrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample +0.24 (p 0.346, n 18), 95% CI -0.26 to +0.63. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.23 (p 0.369, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- astrocytes share of nuclei vs axis -0.21 (p 0.413); controlling for it: +0.21 (p 0.398, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.12 to +0.37, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.24 (p 0.346, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ZNF423 in astrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.