Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 14339

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery +0.74 p 0.023; held-out -0.14 p 0.718). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 14338, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 14339
    29 Oct 2026, 18:14 UTC

    NTAN1

    dopamine neurons, braak

    predictionNTAN1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registered63a2eb46ff5a323c

    discovery+0.74 p=0.023 n=9

    replication-0.14 p=0.718 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign

    did not replicate (discovery +0.74 p 0.023; held-out -0.14 p 0.718)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 14339: NTAN1 in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample +0.41 (p 0.089, n 18), 95% CI -0.07 to +0.74. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: +0.43 (p 0.077, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.41 (p 0.089, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range +0.34 to +0.59, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.41 (p 0.089, n 18). robust.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NTAN1 in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.