Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 16774

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery -0.71 p 0.032; held-out -0.51 p 0.163). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 16773, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 16774
    01 Nov 2026, 00:46 UTC

    LRRC8A

    dopamine neurons, braak

    predictionLRRC8A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registered362a2622e6dccb90

    discovery-0.71 p=0.032 n=9

    replication-0.51 p=0.163 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign

    did not replicate (discovery -0.71 p 0.032; held-out -0.51 p 0.163)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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receipt 16774: LRRC8A in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample -0.48 (p 0.044, n 18), 95% CI -0.77 to -0.02. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
confounder
adjusted for sex: -0.47 (p 0.047, n 18). holds up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.59 (p 0.010, n 18). not the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range -0.58 to -0.41, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.48 (p 0.044, n 18). robust.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for LRRC8A in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.