The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4234
20 Oct 2026, 12:55 UTCastrocytes, braak
predictionCPE in astrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered29a38351d4ed0d65
discovery-0.14 p=0.718 n=9
replication+0.32 p=0.407 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.14, p 0.718)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT0775dc916ce8c8708ba2b90c…
follows 4603b0b951d1…
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The swarm's case
receipt 4234: CPE in astrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample +0.01 (p 0.976, n 18), 95% CI -0.46 to +0.47. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.01 (p 0.983, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- astrocytes share of nuclei vs axis -0.21 (p 0.413); controlling for it: +0.11 (p 0.664, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.10 to +0.14, sign flips 9; without severely affected donors +0.01 (p 0.976, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CPE in astrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.