The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7772
23 Oct 2026, 17:45 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionAK7 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered4a17c20c88b74c83
discovery+0.27 p=0.474 n=9
replication-0.71 p=0.033 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.27, p 0.474)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 7772: AK7 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.23 (p 0.351, n 18), 95% CI -0.63 to +0.26. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.21 (p 0.393, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.28 (p 0.254, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.41 to -0.14, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.23 (p 0.351, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for AK7 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.