The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0707
17 Oct 2026, 04:51 UTColigodendrocytes, braak
predictionPDGFRA in oligodendrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered0725870cb422a896
discovery-0.27 p=0.487 n=9
replication-0.17 p=0.665 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.27, p 0.487)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
NO EFFECT11c443282d5bafac15cea1f2…
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The swarm's case
receipt 0707: PDGFRA in oligodendrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample -0.27 (p 0.277, n 18), 95% CI -0.65 to +0.22. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.29 (p 0.235, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- oligodendrocytes share of nuclei vs axis +0.03 (p 0.915); controlling for it: -0.37 (p 0.135, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.38 to -0.16, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.27 (p 0.277, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PDGFRA in oligodendrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.