Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 6834

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no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.21, p 0.586). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 6833, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 6834
    22 Oct 2026, 21:35 UTC


    NTHL1

    dopamine neurons, braak


    predictionNTHL1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registeredc7d61f6beac7f92c

    discovery+0.21 p=0.586 n=9

    replication-0.35 p=0.354 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign


    no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.21, p 0.586)

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

    NO EFFECT

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receipt 6834: NTHL1 in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample -0.01 (p 0.976, n 18), 95% CI -0.47 to +0.46. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: -0.04 (p 0.861, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.29 (p 0.235, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range -0.13 to +0.12, sign flips 6; without severely affected donors -0.01 (p 0.976, n 18). fragile.
cell type
strongest in oligodendrocytes: -0.63 (p 0.0055, n 18) vs -0.01 in dopamine neurons. proposing oligodendrocytes.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NTHL1 in dopamine neurons.

follow-up registered; not confirmed in substantia nigra, an independent cohort.
follow-up NTHL1 · oligodendrocytes · braak: substantia nigra, an independent cohort (Parkinson's or LBD vs controls) +0.25 p 0.374 (needs p < 3.0e-4)