The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5705
21 Oct 2026, 21:05 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionIL2RA in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered8727ae72e46314d4
discovery-0.80 p=0.010 n=9
replication+0.12 p=0.749 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
did not replicate (discovery -0.80 p 0.010; held-out +0.12 p 0.749)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 5705: IL2RA in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.29 (p 0.235, n 18), 95% CI -0.67 to +0.20. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.34 (p 0.173, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.32 (p 0.191, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.45 to -0.21, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.29 (p 0.235, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for IL2RA in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.