Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 3545

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery -0.78 p 0.013; held-out +0.50 p 0.170). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 3544, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3545
    19 Oct 2026, 22:14 UTC

    SCN4B

    dopamine neurons, braak

    predictionSCN4B in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registered24820f2dd72b2b62

    discovery-0.78 p=0.013 n=9

    replication+0.50 p=0.170 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign

    did not replicate (discovery -0.78 p 0.013; held-out +0.50 p 0.170)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 3545: SCN4B in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample -0.19 (p 0.460, n 18), 95% CI -0.60 to +0.31. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: -0.19 (p 0.460, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.23 (p 0.355, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range -0.31 to -0.08, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.19 (p 0.460, n 18). fragile.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SCN4B in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.