Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 9213

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery +0.83 p 0.0061; held-out -0.32 p 0.407). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 9212, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9213
    25 Oct 2026, 01:46 UTC


    NLGN4X

    dopamine neurons, braak


    predictionNLGN4X in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registered90de6e3552fe5e01

    discovery+0.83 p=0.0061 n=9

    replication-0.32 p=0.407 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign


    did not replicate (discovery +0.83 p 0.0061; held-out -0.32 p 0.407)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 9213: NLGN4X in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample +0.28 (p 0.269, n 18), 95% CI -0.22 to +0.66. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: +0.31 (p 0.207, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.33 (p 0.176, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range +0.17 to +0.38, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.28 (p 0.269, n 18). fragile.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NLGN4X in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.