Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 5436

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery -0.74 p 0.022; held-out -0.15 p 0.697). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 5435, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 5436
    21 Oct 2026, 15:13 UTC

    GFI1

    dopamine neurons, braak

    predictionGFI1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registeredeca55d593fe3a039

    discovery-0.74 p=0.022 n=9

    replication-0.15 p=0.697 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign

    did not replicate (discovery -0.74 p 0.022; held-out -0.15 p 0.697)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 5436: GFI1 in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample -0.33 (p 0.176, n 18), 95% CI -0.69 to +0.16. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: -0.29 (p 0.246, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.36 (p 0.148, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range -0.50 to -0.25, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.33 (p 0.176, n 18). fragile.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for GFI1 in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.