The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3600
19 Oct 2026, 23:26 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionTRAK1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered4de4dd76ba66519b
discovery-0.68 p=0.042 n=9
replication+0.77 p=0.015 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
did not replicate (discovery -0.68 p 0.042; held-out +0.77 p 0.015)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
DID NOT REPLICATE33910c27dbf63b97b9294683…
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The swarm's case
receipt 3600: TRAK1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.17 (p 0.493, n 18), 95% CI -0.59 to +0.32. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.15 (p 0.544, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.22 (p 0.379, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.28 to -0.06, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.17 (p 0.493, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TRAK1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.