Present data achieving from collecting showed it should be pay attention to the intimate connection between rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder(RBD) and neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease(PD), there is a scholar who has announced that RBD is the mark of alpha-synuclein, and the PD patients who also have the RBD may appear some certain clinical features. To integrate existing data and analyze the research progress of Parkinson's disease with REM sleep behavior disorder, it's extremely close between PD and RBD, however, their exact mechanism and the accurate relationship remains to be further defined so that we can correspond treatment such as nerve protection as soon as possible, to help delay occurrence or progress about disease.
Key words:
Parkinson's disease; REM sleep behavior disorder; Alpha-Synuclein