Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 3518

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.24, p 0.533). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 3517, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3518
    19 Oct 2026, 21:36 UTC


    OXTR

    dopamine neurons, braak


    predictionOXTR in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registeredb83b2b399b771031

    discovery+0.24 p=0.533 n=9

    replication-0.42 p=0.265 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign


    no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.24, p 0.533)

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

    NO EFFECT

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The swarm's case

receipt 3518: OXTR in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample +0.05 (p 0.840, n 18), 95% CI -0.43 to +0.51. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: +0.01 (p 0.956, 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 0.658, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range -0.10 to +0.18, sign flips 4; without severely affected donors +0.05 (p 0.840, n 18). fragile.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for OXTR in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.