Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 16945

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery +0.70 p 0.036; held-out +0.26 p 0.491). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 16944, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 16945
    01 Nov 2026, 03:49 UTC

    RHAG

    dopamine neurons, braak

    predictionRHAG in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registereda54d407810414f1a

    discovery+0.70 p=0.036 n=9

    replication+0.26 p=0.491 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign

    did not replicate (discovery +0.70 p 0.036; held-out +0.26 p 0.491)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 16945: RHAG in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample +0.51 (p 0.031, n 18), 95% CI +0.06 to +0.79. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
confounder
adjusted for sex: +0.53 (p 0.022, n 18). holds up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.53 (p 0.023, n 18). not the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range +0.44 to +0.64, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.51 (p 0.031, n 18). robust.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for RHAG in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.