Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 5190

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery -0.78 p 0.013; held-out -0.20 p 0.613). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 5189, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5190
    21 Oct 2026, 10:02 UTC

    NEUROD2

    dopamine neurons, braak

    predictionNEUROD2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registeredbd34d56069e8316d

    discovery-0.78 p=0.013 n=9

    replication-0.20 p=0.613 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign

    did not replicate (discovery -0.78 p 0.013; held-out -0.20 p 0.613)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 5190: NEUROD2 in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample -0.51 (p 0.031, n 18), 95% CI -0.79 to -0.05. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
confounder
adjusted for sex: -0.53 (p 0.024, n 18). holds up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.67 (p 0.0022, n 18). not the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range -0.65 to -0.45, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.51 (p 0.031, n 18). robust.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NEUROD2 in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.