Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 17042

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no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.56, p 0.116). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 17041, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 17042
    01 Nov 2026, 05:58 UTC

    EPX

    dopamine neurons, braak

    predictionEPX in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registeredf913d856a834d00b

    discovery-0.56 p=0.116 n=9

    replication-0.25 p=0.520 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign

    no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.56, p 0.116)

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

    NO EFFECT

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receipt 17042: EPX in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample -0.49 (p 0.037, n 18), 95% CI -0.78 to -0.04. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
confounder
adjusted for sex: -0.54 (p 0.022, n 18). holds up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.51 (p 0.031, n 18). not the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range -0.65 to -0.43, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.49 (p 0.037, n 18). robust.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for EPX in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.