Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 1637

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery +0.75 p 0.020; held-out -0.11 p 0.778). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 1636, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1637
    18 Oct 2026, 02:50 UTC


    PRR16

    dopamine neurons, braak


    predictionPRR16 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registered283e185bc78f663c

    discovery+0.75 p=0.020 n=9

    replication-0.11 p=0.778 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign


    did not replicate (discovery +0.75 p 0.020; held-out -0.11 p 0.778)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 1637: PRR16 in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample +0.47 (p 0.051, n 18), 95% CI -0.00 to +0.77. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: +0.46 (p 0.056, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.53 (p 0.022, n 18). not the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range +0.39 to +0.62, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.47 (p 0.051, n 18). robust.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PRR16 in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.