Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 14901

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery -0.67 p 0.048; held-out -0.50 p 0.170). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 14900, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 14901
    30 Oct 2026, 06:18 UTC


    FANCE

    dopamine neurons, braak


    predictionFANCE in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registered1eb9d70a93856238

    discovery-0.67 p=0.048 n=9

    replication-0.50 p=0.170 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign


    did not replicate (discovery -0.67 p 0.048; held-out -0.50 p 0.170)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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receipt 14901: FANCE in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample -0.49 (p 0.040, n 18), 95% CI -0.78 to -0.03. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
confounder
adjusted for sex: -0.44 (p 0.069, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.48 (p 0.046, n 18). not the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range -0.64 to -0.42, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.49 (p 0.040, n 18). robust.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for FANCE in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.