Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 12793

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery +0.76 p 0.016; held-out +0.32 p 0.407). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 12792, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 12793
    28 Oct 2026, 07:34 UTC


    PARP2

    dopamine neurons, braak


    predictionPARP2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registered32ddb08913b7ea1c

    discovery+0.76 p=0.016 n=9

    replication+0.32 p=0.407 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign


    did not replicate (discovery +0.76 p 0.016; held-out +0.32 p 0.407)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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receipt 12793: PARP2 in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample +0.50 (p 0.033, n 18), 95% CI +0.05 to +0.79. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
confounder
adjusted for sex: +0.39 (p 0.114, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.43 (p 0.079, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range +0.44 to +0.57, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.50 (p 0.033, n 18). robust.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PARP2 in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.