Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 2746

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery +0.75 p 0.021; held-out -0.36 p 0.342). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 2745, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 2746
    19 Oct 2026, 04:13 UTC


    HECW1

    dopamine neurons, braak


    predictionHECW1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registered7fe2cae1a97d1c37

    discovery+0.75 p=0.021 n=9

    replication-0.36 p=0.342 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign


    did not replicate (discovery +0.75 p 0.021; held-out -0.36 p 0.342)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 2746: HECW1 in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample +0.09 (p 0.735, n 18), 95% CI -0.40 to +0.53. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: +0.09 (p 0.722, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.08 (p 0.754, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range -0.03 to +0.23, sign flips 2; without severely affected donors +0.09 (p 0.735, n 18). fragile.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for HECW1 in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.