Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 13946

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery +0.70 p 0.034; held-out +0.36 p 0.336). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 13945, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 13946
    29 Oct 2026, 09:20 UTC


    GPX8

    dopamine neurons, braak


    predictionGPX8 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registeredba2ec0e9c53f68b2

    discovery+0.70 p=0.034 n=9

    replication+0.36 p=0.336 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign


    did not replicate (discovery +0.70 p 0.034; held-out +0.36 p 0.336)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 13946: GPX8 in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample +0.46 (p 0.054, n 18), 95% CI -0.01 to +0.76. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: +0.38 (p 0.116, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.38 (p 0.123, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range +0.40 to +0.62, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.46 (p 0.054, n 18). robust.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GPX8 in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.