The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5796
21 Oct 2026, 23:06 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionHRAS in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered5c91e92563a9c39b
discovery+0.35 p=0.349 n=9
replication-0.17 p=0.663 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.35, p 0.349)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 5796: HRAS in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.05 (p 0.854, n 18), 95% CI -0.43 to +0.50. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.09 (p 0.735, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.03 (p 0.894, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.05 to +0.21, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors +0.05 (p 0.854, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for HRAS in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.