Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 9742

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery +0.75 p 0.020; held-out -0.28 p 0.458). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 9741, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9742
    25 Oct 2026, 12:47 UTC

    NYX

    dopamine neurons, braak

    predictionNYX in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registered89b75495a85161fe

    discovery+0.75 p=0.020 n=9

    replication-0.28 p=0.458 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign

    did not replicate (discovery +0.75 p 0.020; held-out -0.28 p 0.458)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 9742: NYX in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample +0.15 (p 0.544, n 18), 95% CI -0.34 to +0.58. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: +0.15 (p 0.549, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.11 (p 0.671, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range +0.05 to +0.29, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.15 (p 0.544, n 18). fragile.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NYX in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.