Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 14369

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery -0.82 p 0.0073; held-out +0.09 p 0.820). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 14368, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 14369
    29 Oct 2026, 18:59 UTC


    TXNDC2

    dopamine neurons, braak


    predictionTXNDC2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registered90bf36a5583dce34

    discovery-0.82 p=0.0073 n=9

    replication+0.09 p=0.820 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign


    did not replicate (discovery -0.82 p 0.0073; held-out +0.09 p 0.820)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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receipt 14369: TXNDC2 in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample -0.40 (p 0.099, n 18), 95% CI -0.73 to +0.08. 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: -0.43 (p 0.072, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range -0.53 to -0.32, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.40 (p 0.099, n 18). robust.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TXNDC2 in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.