Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 12217

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery +0.75 p 0.021; held-out -0.24 p 0.539). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 12216, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 12217
    27 Oct 2026, 19:08 UTC


    INA

    dopamine neurons, braak


    predictionINA in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registered6198f628a3fa7959

    discovery+0.75 p=0.021 n=9

    replication-0.24 p=0.539 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign


    did not replicate (discovery +0.75 p 0.021; held-out -0.24 p 0.539)

    dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 12217: INA in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample +0.16 (p 0.521, n 18), 95% CI -0.33 to +0.58. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: +0.19 (p 0.460, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.26 (p 0.298, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range +0.05 to +0.33, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.16 (p 0.521, n 18). fragile.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for INA in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.