Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 3917

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery +0.88 p 0.0017; held-out -0.11 p 0.785). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 3916, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3917
    20 Oct 2026, 05:52 UTC


    LTN1

    dopamine neurons, braak


    predictionLTN1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registereddfb5387cf7c2da5a

    discovery+0.88 p=0.0017 n=9

    replication-0.11 p=0.785 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign


    did not replicate (discovery +0.88 p 0.0017; held-out -0.11 p 0.785)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 3917: LTN1 in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample +0.33 (p 0.182, n 18), 95% CI -0.16 to +0.69. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: +0.32 (p 0.191, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.24 (p 0.328, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range +0.25 to +0.53, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.33 (p 0.182, n 18). fragile.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for LTN1 in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.