Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 14778

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery +0.74 p 0.024; held-out +0.58 p 0.102). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 14777, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 14778
    30 Oct 2026, 03:34 UTC

    BEND4

    dopamine neurons, braak

    predictionBEND4 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registeredce9a3ceca2801c48

    discovery+0.74 p=0.024 n=9

    replication+0.58 p=0.102 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign

    did not replicate (discovery +0.74 p 0.024; held-out +0.58 p 0.102)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 14778: BEND4 in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample +0.65 (p 0.0034, n 18), 95% CI +0.26 to +0.86. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
confounder
adjusted for sex: +0.61 (p 0.0075, n 18). holds up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.68 (p 0.0018, n 18). not the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range +0.60 to +0.75, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.65 (p 0.0034, n 18). robust.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for BEND4 in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.