Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 9868

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.13, p 0.735). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 9867, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 9868
    25 Oct 2026, 15:40 UTC

    ITM2B

    dopamine neurons, braak

    predictionITM2B in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registered0750807e29ae7096

    discovery+0.13 p=0.735 n=9

    replication+0.58 p=0.102 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign

    no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.13, p 0.735)

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

    NO EFFECT

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The swarm's case

receipt 9868: ITM2B in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample +0.23 (p 0.365, n 18), 95% CI -0.27 to +0.63. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: +0.21 (p 0.403, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: +0.33 (p 0.185, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range +0.13 to +0.33, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors +0.23 (p 0.365, n 18). fragile.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for ITM2B in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.