Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 13399

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery +0.75 p 0.019; held-out -0.15 p 0.697). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 13398, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 13399
    28 Oct 2026, 21:17 UTC

    B3GALNT1

    dopamine neurons, braak

    predictionB3GALNT1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registered866fffca7a1b95f8

    discovery+0.75 p=0.019 n=9

    replication-0.15 p=0.697 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign

    did not replicate (discovery +0.75 p 0.019; held-out -0.15 p 0.697)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 13399: B3GALNT1 in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample +0.23 (p 0.369, n 18), 95% CI -0.27 to +0.63. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: +0.29 (p 0.246, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.30 (p 0.221, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range +0.12 to +0.41, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.23 (p 0.369, n 18). fragile.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for B3GALNT1 in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.