Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 8491

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery +0.74 p 0.023; held-out -0.36 p 0.341). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 8490, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 8491
    24 Oct 2026, 09:07 UTC

    VPS4A

    dopamine neurons, braak

    predictionVPS4A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registered79bbee88c2049f91

    discovery+0.74 p=0.023 n=9

    replication-0.36 p=0.341 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign

    did not replicate (discovery +0.74 p 0.023; held-out -0.36 p 0.341)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 8491: VPS4A in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample +0.06 (p 0.807, n 18), 95% CI -0.42 to +0.51. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: +0.03 (p 0.901, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.07 (p 0.774, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range -0.06 to +0.19, sign flips 3; without severely affected donors +0.06 (p 0.807, n 18). fragile.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for VPS4A in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.