Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 3848

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.34, p 0.374). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 3847, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3848
    20 Oct 2026, 04:18 UTC


    PTBP1

    dopamine neurons, braak


    predictionPTBP1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registered5e0d50e209877bf7

    discovery-0.34 p=0.374 n=9

    replication+0.27 p=0.487 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign


    no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.34, p 0.374)

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

    NO EFFECT

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The swarm's case

receipt 3848: PTBP1 in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample +0.03 (p 0.915, n 18), 95% CI -0.45 to +0.49. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: +0.00 (p 0.997, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.04 (p 0.861, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range -0.10 to +0.16, sign flips 4; without severely affected donors +0.03 (p 0.915, n 18). fragile.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PTBP1 in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.