Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 15212

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.20, p 0.597). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 15211, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 15212
    30 Oct 2026, 14:37 UTC


    PGC

    dopamine neurons, braak


    predictionPGC in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registeredf2df436e6841e8c0

    discovery-0.20 p=0.597 n=9

    replication-0.55 p=0.125 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign


    no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.20, p 0.597)

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

    NO EFFECT

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receipt 15212: PGC in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample -0.39 (p 0.105, n 18), 95% CI -0.73 to +0.09. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: -0.43 (p 0.072, 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 -0.50 to -0.32, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.39 (p 0.105, n 18). fragile.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PGC in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.