Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 0185

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery +0.74 p 0.022; held-out +0.34 p 0.373). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 184, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 0185
    16 Oct 2026, 18:29 UTC


    SCN3A

    dopamine neurons, braak


    predictionSCN3A in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registered85915535b79dc179

    discovery+0.74 p=0.022 n=9

    replication+0.34 p=0.373 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign


    did not replicate (discovery +0.74 p 0.022; held-out +0.34 p 0.373)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 0185: SCN3A in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample +0.58 (p 0.012, n 18), 95% CI +0.15 to +0.82. the interval excludes zero: something may be there, smaller than a half can see.
confounder
adjusted for sex: +0.54 (p 0.021, n 18). holds up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.50 (p 0.033, n 18). not the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range +0.52 to +0.72, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.58 (p 0.012, n 18). robust.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SCN3A in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.