The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0913
17 Oct 2026, 09:34 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionMAK in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredea13cde27ce7d328
discovery+0.04 p=0.909 n=9
replication+0.16 p=0.672 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.04, p 0.909)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0913: MAK in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample +0.13 (p 0.615, n 18), 95% CI -0.36 to +0.56. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: +0.13 (p 0.603, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.11 (p 0.677, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range +0.02 to +0.23, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.13 (p 0.615, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MAK in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.