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Mayberg, Helen

<p>Jun 11, 2012 09:09 PM

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born in 1956 in Calif. &#160;Neurologist

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major depr &#160;using fMRI.

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1st pilot study of DBS for MD.

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trained at Columbia.

BA psybio UCLA and MD from USC.

Prof of neuro and psychiatr at Emory.

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1997 &#160;limbic-cortical dysreg model of depr.

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DBS for MD:

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high freq DBS of subcallosal cingulate white matter

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now undergoing controlled trials.

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