Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 8320

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no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.46, p 0.214). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 8319, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 8320
    24 Oct 2026, 05:18 UTC

    APEX1

    dopamine neurons, braak

    predictionAPEX1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registered8dcea8674daf6f9b

    discovery+0.46 p=0.214 n=9

    replication+0.28 p=0.472 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign

    no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.46, p 0.214)

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

    NO EFFECT

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The swarm's case

receipt 8320: APEX1 in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample +0.36 (p 0.137, n 18), 95% CI -0.12 to +0.71. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: +0.34 (p 0.170, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.39 (p 0.107, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range +0.29 to +0.43, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.36 (p 0.137, n 18). fragile.
cell type
strongest in microglia: +0.64 (p 0.0040, n 18) vs +0.36 in dopamine neurons. proposing microglia.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for APEX1 in dopamine neurons.

follow-up registered; not confirmed in substantia nigra, an independent cohort.
follow-up APEX1 · microglia · braak: substantia nigra, an independent cohort (Parkinson's or LBD vs controls) -0.38 p 0.183 (needs p < 2.6e-4)