The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6800
22 Oct 2026, 20:48 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSLIT1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered0853e13c4e1142b8
discovery-0.67 p=0.047 n=9
replication+0.27 p=0.487 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
did not replicate (discovery -0.67 p 0.047; held-out +0.27 p 0.487)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 6800: SLIT1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.24 (p 0.332, n 18), 95% CI -0.64 to +0.25. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.24 (p 0.332, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.48 (p 0.042, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.39 to -0.15, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.24 (p 0.332, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SLIT1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.