Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 16705

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery +0.69 p 0.038; held-out +0.08 p 0.838). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 16704, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 16705
    31 Oct 2026, 23:13 UTC

    KCNT2

    dopamine neurons, braak

    predictionKCNT2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registeredffc0ce8fe6e36be1

    discovery+0.69 p=0.038 n=9

    replication+0.08 p=0.838 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign

    did not replicate (discovery +0.69 p 0.038; held-out +0.08 p 0.838)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 16705: KCNT2 in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample +0.42 (p 0.084, n 18), 95% CI -0.06 to +0.74. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: +0.40 (p 0.101, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.39 (p 0.107, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range +0.34 to +0.62, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.42 (p 0.084, n 18). robust.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for KCNT2 in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.