The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 4623
20 Oct 2026, 21:42 UTCmicroglia, braak
predictionHERC3 in microglia tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered3f6e4d7d4b5533b7
discovery-0.10 p=0.807 n=9
replication+0.38 p=0.309 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.10, p 0.807)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT911335a9cb92dca13fa2bff6…
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The swarm's case
receipt 4623: HERC3 in microglia, braak
- power
- full sample +0.15 (p 0.555, n 18), 95% CI -0.34 to +0.58. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.11 (p 0.652, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- microglia share of nuclei vs axis -0.11 (p 0.652); controlling for it: +0.20 (p 0.429, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.04 to +0.25, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.15 (p 0.555, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for HERC3 in microglia.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.