Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 1949

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery -0.78 p 0.013; held-out -0.14 p 0.714). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 1948, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1949
    18 Oct 2026, 10:21 UTC


    TGM2

    dopamine neurons, braak


    predictionTGM2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registeredd211667a4aefbe67

    discovery-0.78 p=0.013 n=9

    replication-0.14 p=0.714 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign


    did not replicate (discovery -0.78 p 0.013; held-out -0.14 p 0.714)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 1949: TGM2 in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample -0.45 (p 0.062, n 18), 95% CI -0.76 to +0.02. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: -0.39 (p 0.114, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.56 (p 0.015, n 18). not the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range -0.63 to -0.38, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.45 (p 0.062, n 18). robust.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for TGM2 in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.