The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3073
19 Oct 2026, 11:44 UTCastrocytes, braak
predictionZCWPW2 in astrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered8d1b1d9f47211783
discovery-0.53 p=0.146 n=9
replication+0.16 p=0.689 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.53, p 0.146)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT118e6bdf208a79fc823a08a2…
follows d9c1557cc144…
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The swarm's case
receipt 3073: ZCWPW2 in astrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample -0.21 (p 0.398, n 18), 95% CI -0.62 to +0.28. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.11 (p 0.671, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- astrocytes share of nuclei vs axis -0.21 (p 0.413); controlling for it: -0.13 (p 0.609, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.37 to -0.12, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.21 (p 0.398, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ZCWPW2 in astrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.