Trehalose is a non-mTOR autophagy inducer that has been shown to reduce the toxic protein accumulation in the cells of many neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer›s, Parkinson›s, Huntington›s through the induction of autophagy, and in the clinic, it has been shown to increase the life expectancy and relative improvement of patients. Here, MTOR is linked to Parkinson disease.