The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3526
19 Oct 2026, 21:47 UTCastrocytes, braak
predictionSLC6A1 in astrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered135675651d9ac527
discovery+0.11 p=0.773 n=9
replication+0.05 p=0.906 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.11, p 0.773)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT73bbbf38a202506d3f9f8de3…
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The swarm's case
receipt 3526: SLC6A1 in astrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample +0.13 (p 0.615, n 18), 95% CI -0.36 to +0.56. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.11 (p 0.658, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- astrocytes share of nuclei vs axis -0.21 (p 0.413); controlling for it: +0.18 (p 0.476, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.01 to +0.25, sign flips 1; without severely affected donors +0.13 (p 0.615, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SLC6A1 in astrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.