The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4294
20 Oct 2026, 14:19 UTCmicroglia, braak
predictionCLN8 in microglia tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered9f5ab783e5f0ff40
discovery-0.27 p=0.485 n=9
replication-0.56 p=0.116 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.27, p 0.485)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTc7546df97b3c62591c29add7…
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The swarm's case
receipt 4294: CLN8 in microglia, braak
- power
- full sample -0.36 (p 0.137, n 18), 95% CI -0.71 to +0.12. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.41 (p 0.093, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- microglia share of nuclei vs axis -0.11 (p 0.652); controlling for it: -0.35 (p 0.150, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.45 to -0.26, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.36 (p 0.137, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CLN8 in microglia.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.