The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 8001
23 Oct 2026, 22:53 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionTEAD1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredc6c2b9fd133bece7
discovery+0.91 p=6.6e-4 n=9
replication-0.63 p=0.068 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
did not replicate (discovery +0.91 p 6.6e-4; held-out -0.63 p 0.068)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 8001: TEAD1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.20 (p 0.434, n 18), 95% CI -0.30 to +0.61. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.24 (p 0.346, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.22 (p 0.379, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.10 to +0.35, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.20 (p 0.434, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TEAD1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.