越来越多的资料显示帕金森病已经成为严重危害中老年人健康的神经系统疾病之一，正引起世界各国神经科学工作者的高度重视．近年来，临床和基础研究方面取得了一些令人鼓舞的成就．诸如涉及本病遗传基因的定位、早期诊断技术、神经保护治疗、细胞和基因治疗等均有较大的发展，为人类认识和防治此类疾病展现了良好的前景． More and more data show that Parkinson’s disease has become one of the most serious neurological diseases that endanger the health of middle-aged and elderly people. It is attracting the attention of neuroscientists all over the world. In recent years, some encouraging achievements have been made in clinical and basic research. Such as the genetic disease involved in the positioning of the disease, early diagnosis, neuroprotective therapy, cell and gene therapy have a greater development, human understanding and prevention of such diseases has shown a good prospect.