Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 14538

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery -0.81 p 0.0086; held-out +0.47 p 0.199). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 14537, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 14538
    29 Oct 2026, 22:46 UTC

    STX2

    dopamine neurons, braak

    predictionSTX2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registerede5195ab3f416638a

    discovery-0.81 p=0.0086 n=9

    replication+0.47 p=0.199 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign

    did not replicate (discovery -0.81 p 0.0086; held-out +0.47 p 0.199)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 14538: STX2 in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample -0.07 (p 0.774, n 18), 95% CI -0.52 to +0.41. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: -0.06 (p 0.827, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.10 (p 0.696, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range -0.24 to -0.01, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.07 (p 0.774, n 18). fragile.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for STX2 in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.