Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 2343

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.31, p 0.414). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 2342, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2343
    18 Oct 2026, 19:59 UTC


    PNKD

    dopamine neurons, braak


    predictionPNKD in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registered81fc6801b24424a0

    discovery-0.31 p=0.414 n=9

    replication-0.39 p=0.299 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign


    no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.31, p 0.414)

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

    NO EFFECT

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The swarm's case

receipt 2343: PNKD in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample -0.38 (p 0.123, n 18), 95% CI -0.72 to +0.11. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: -0.43 (p 0.075, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.40 (p 0.099, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range -0.49 to -0.28, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.38 (p 0.123, n 18). fragile.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PNKD in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.