Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 8508

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery -0.83 p 0.0058; held-out +0.06 p 0.877). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 8507, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 8508
    24 Oct 2026, 09:29 UTC

    MUC2

    dopamine neurons, braak

    predictionMUC2 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registereddb14f73587cb84a7

    discovery-0.83 p=0.0058 n=9

    replication+0.06 p=0.877 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign

    did not replicate (discovery -0.83 p 0.0058; held-out +0.06 p 0.877)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 8508: MUC2 in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample -0.39 (p 0.107, n 18), 95% CI -0.73 to +0.09. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: -0.43 (p 0.077, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.54 (p 0.022, n 18). not the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range -0.53 to -0.31, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.39 (p 0.107, n 18). fragile.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for MUC2 in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.