Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 2680

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.37, p 0.329). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 2679, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2680
    19 Oct 2026, 02:50 UTC


    VCP

    dopamine neurons, braak


    predictionVCP in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registered3654ebb2a58b3d46

    discovery-0.37 p=0.329 n=9

    replication+0.01 p=0.982 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign


    no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.37, p 0.329)

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

    NO EFFECT

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The swarm's case

receipt 2680: VCP in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample -0.09 (p 0.709, n 18), 95% CI -0.54 to +0.39. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: -0.16 (p 0.532, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.05 (p 0.840, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range -0.21 to +0.06, sign flips 3; without severely affected donors -0.09 (p 0.709, n 18). fragile.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for VCP in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.