The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5717
21 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTCmicroglia, braak
predictionFMN1 in microglia tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered7674ac872670fd4c
discovery+0.19 p=0.626 n=9
replication-0.12 p=0.768 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.19, p 0.626)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT9b377a8f2e013f24e6e43e15…
follows 7cf0e4a14921…
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The swarm's case
receipt 5717: FMN1 in microglia, braak
- power
- full sample +0.01 (p 0.962, n 18), 95% CI -0.46 to +0.48. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.09 (p 0.728, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- microglia share of nuclei vs axis -0.11 (p 0.652); controlling for it: +0.10 (p 0.696, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.12 to +0.11, sign flips 6; without severely affected donors +0.01 (p 0.962, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for FMN1 in microglia.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.