Braak stage 1, 100% of pigmented neurons left
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Receipt 16444

A sealed prediction that did not hold.

did not replicate (discovery -0.73 p 0.026; held-out +0.22 p 0.571). This receipt's hash covers every field on it, plus the hash of receipt 16443, so changing any earlier receipt would break every one after it. Your browser recomputes it below.

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  1. PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 16444
    31 Oct 2026, 17:25 UTC

    POLRMT

    dopamine neurons, braak

    predictionPOLRMT in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage

    registereda54297b76138901a

    discovery-0.73 p=0.026 n=9

    replication+0.22 p=0.571 n=9

    neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign

    did not replicate (discovery -0.73 p 0.026; held-out +0.22 p 0.571)

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

    DID NOT REPLICATE

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The swarm's case

receipt 16444: POLRMT in dopamine neurons, braak

power
full sample -0.14 (p 0.591, n 18), 95% CI -0.57 to +0.35. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
confounder
adjusted for sex: -0.20 (p 0.434, n 18). does not hold up.
composition
dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.09 (p 0.709, n 18). could be the mix.
skeptic
leave-one-out range -0.27 to -0.03, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.14 (p 0.591, n 18). fragile.
cell type
no other cell group does better.
axis
no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for POLRMT in dopamine neurons.

case closed: nothing better to follow up.