Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 7399

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.16, p 0.685). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 7398, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7399
    23 Oct 2026, 09:18 UTC


    PF4

    dopamine neurons, braak


    predictionPF4 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registered0cbe3b1210fa20ff

    discovery-0.16 p=0.685 n=9

    replication+0.28 p=0.464 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign


    no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.16, p 0.685)

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

    NO EFFECT

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The swarm's case

receipt 7399: PF4 in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample +0.02 (p 0.935, n 18), 95% CI -0.45 to +0.48. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: +0.07 (p 0.780, 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 0.888, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range -0.11 to +0.08, sign flips 5; without severely affected donors +0.02 (p 0.935, n 18). fragile.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PF4 in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.