Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 2189

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery +0.69 p 0.042; held-out +0.54 p 0.137). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 2188, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2189
    18 Oct 2026, 16:16 UTC

    PDZRN4

    dopamine neurons, braak

    predictionPDZRN4 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registeredea71860ceebc8be4

    discovery+0.69 p=0.042 n=9

    replication+0.54 p=0.137 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign

    did not replicate (discovery +0.69 p 0.042; held-out +0.54 p 0.137)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 2189: PDZRN4 in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample +0.34 (p 0.173, n 18), 95% CI -0.16 to +0.69. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: +0.34 (p 0.173, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.33 (p 0.176, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range +0.24 to +0.46, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.34 (p 0.173, n 18). fragile.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PDZRN4 in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.