The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0889
17 Oct 2026, 09:01 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCDK2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered332109e4d485a54b
discovery-0.29 p=0.457 n=9
replication+0.17 p=0.671 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.29, p 0.457)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0889: CDK2 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.11 (p 0.671, n 18), 95% CI -0.55 to +0.38. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.17 (p 0.493, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.17 (p 0.509, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.20 to +0.01, sign flips 1; without severely affected donors -0.11 (p 0.671, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for CDK2 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.