Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 1268

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery -0.71 p 0.033; held-out +0.08 p 0.840). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 1267, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 1268
    17 Oct 2026, 18:48 UTC

    FADS1

    dopamine neurons, braak

    predictionFADS1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registerede4af2bd524797569

    discovery-0.71 p=0.033 n=9

    replication+0.08 p=0.840 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign

    did not replicate (discovery -0.71 p 0.033; held-out +0.08 p 0.840)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 1268: FADS1 in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample -0.28 (p 0.258, n 18), 95% CI -0.66 to +0.21. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: -0.28 (p 0.258, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.28 (p 0.265, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range -0.42 to -0.20, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.28 (p 0.258, n 18). fragile.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for FADS1 in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.