The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5065
21 Oct 2026, 07:14 UTCastrocytes, braak
predictionOTX1 in astrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registerede39c577af11b80ac
discovery-0.30 p=0.426 n=9
replication-0.35 p=0.361 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.30, p 0.426)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT397b82519d1ac29ca71b35ff…
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The swarm's case
receipt 5065: OTX1 in astrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample -0.15 (p 0.561, n 18), 95% CI -0.57 to +0.34. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.15 (p 0.561, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- astrocytes share of nuclei vs axis -0.21 (p 0.413); controlling for it: -0.12 (p 0.646, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.26 to -0.02, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.15 (p 0.561, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for OTX1 in astrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.