The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4620
20 Oct 2026, 21:39 UTCastrocytes, braak
predictionNTNG2 in astrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered30e8e1b2e2fe635c
discovery-0.38 p=0.311 n=9
replication-0.16 p=0.680 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.38, p 0.311)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECTde7fcc2618880a2863def6aa…
follows 85f7dc1163e5…
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The swarm's case
receipt 4620: NTNG2 in astrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample -0.28 (p 0.265, n 18), 95% CI -0.66 to +0.22. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.33 (p 0.188, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- astrocytes share of nuclei vs axis -0.21 (p 0.413); controlling for it: -0.23 (p 0.351, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.38 to -0.19, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.28 (p 0.265, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NTNG2 in astrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.