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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9857
25 Oct 2026, 15:27 UTColigodendrocytes, braak
predictionBCAN in oligodendrocytes tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredef171e243858832e
discovery-0.29 p=0.442 n=9
replication-0.41 p=0.279 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.29, p 0.442)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 9857: BCAN in oligodendrocytes, braak
- power
- full sample -0.36 (p 0.145, n 18), 95% CI -0.71 to +0.13. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.29 (p 0.250, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- oligodendrocytes share of nuclei vs axis +0.03 (p 0.915); controlling for it: -0.44 (p 0.064, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.52 to -0.29, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.36 (p 0.145, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for BCAN in oligodendrocytes.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.