The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0992
17 Oct 2026, 11:30 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionCOMP in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered8825f3e733a0837e
discovery-0.50 p=0.170 n=9
replication-0.22 p=0.563 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.50, p 0.170)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 0992: COMP in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.37 (p 0.132, n 18), 95% CI -0.71 to +0.12. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.34 (p 0.161, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.46 (p 0.057, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.53 to -0.29, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.37 (p 0.132, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for COMP in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.