The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7804
23 Oct 2026, 18:29 UTCmicroglia, braak
predictionCEBPA in microglia tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registereddbefa6f7054f9bcd
discovery-0.19 p=0.619 n=9
replication-0.46 p=0.209 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.19, p 0.619)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 7804: CEBPA in microglia, braak
- power
- full sample -0.23 (p 0.360, n 18), 95% CI -0.63 to +0.27. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.23 (p 0.360, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- microglia share of nuclei vs axis -0.11 (p 0.652); controlling for it: -0.27 (p 0.273, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.32 to -0.12, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.23 (p 0.360, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CEBPA in microglia.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.