Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 16916

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery -0.89 p 0.0013; held-out -0.04 p 0.912). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 16915, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 16916
    01 Nov 2026, 03:13 UTC

    MRGPRE

    dopamine neurons, braak

    predictionMRGPRE in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registered7b1fc406155b7970

    discovery-0.89 p=0.0013 n=9

    replication-0.04 p=0.912 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign

    did not replicate (discovery -0.89 p 0.0013; held-out -0.04 p 0.912)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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receipt 16916: MRGPRE in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample -0.51 (p 0.029, n 18), 95% CI -0.79 to -0.06. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
confounder
adjusted for sex: -0.52 (p 0.026, n 18). holds up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.67 (p 0.0022, n 18). not the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range -0.70 to -0.46, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.51 (p 0.029, n 18). robust.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MRGPRE in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.