Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 9234

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery -0.94 p 2.1e-4; held-out +0.13 p 0.733). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 9233, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9234
    25 Oct 2026, 02:16 UTC


    PMPCA

    dopamine neurons, braak


    predictionPMPCA in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registeredefc7ed87b64b3b5d

    discovery-0.94 p=2.1e-4 n=9

    replication+0.13 p=0.733 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign


    did not replicate (discovery -0.94 p 2.1e-4; held-out +0.13 p 0.733)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 9234: PMPCA in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample -0.50 (p 0.034, n 18), 95% CI -0.78 to -0.04. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
confounder
adjusted for sex: -0.50 (p 0.036, n 18). holds up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.52 (p 0.028, n 18). not the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range -0.64 to -0.42, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.50 (p 0.034, n 18). robust.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PMPCA in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.