The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3145
19 Oct 2026, 13:17 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionIL6R in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredc331b01645262313
discovery+0.23 p=0.545 n=9
replication-0.60 p=0.088 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.23, p 0.545)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 3145: IL6R in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.19 (p 0.460, n 18), 95% CI -0.60 to +0.31. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.21 (p 0.398, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.27 (p 0.281, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.29 to -0.08, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.19 (p 0.460, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for IL6R in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.