Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 17208

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery +0.73 p 0.026; held-out -0.01 p 0.982). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 17207, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 17208
    01 Nov 2026, 09:35 UTC


    PCDH7

    dopamine neurons, braak


    predictionPCDH7 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registered8adbd508d40571a8

    discovery+0.73 p=0.026 n=9

    replication-0.01 p=0.982 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign


    did not replicate (discovery +0.73 p 0.026; held-out -0.01 p 0.982)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 17208: PCDH7 in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample +0.31 (p 0.218, n 18), 95% CI -0.19 to +0.68. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: +0.29 (p 0.243, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.38 (p 0.123, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range +0.25 to +0.50, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.31 (p 0.218, n 18). fragile.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PCDH7 in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.