The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4002
20 Oct 2026, 07:42 UTColigodendrocytes, braak
predictionGFRA1 in oligodendrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereda3c52981527f0830
discovery-0.01 p=0.982 n=9
replication-0.09 p=0.820 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.01, p 0.982)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTda30059624cd0d82b0f68811…
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The swarm's case
receipt 4002: GFRA1 in oligodendrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample -0.02 (p 0.949, n 18), 95% CI -0.48 to +0.45. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.05 (p 0.834, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- oligodendrocytes share of nuclei vs axis +0.03 (p 0.915); controlling for it: -0.14 (p 0.567, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.08 to +0.13, sign flips 5; without severely affected donors -0.02 (p 0.949, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GFRA1 in oligodendrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.