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Helen S. Mayberg publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Helen S. Mayberg sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 457 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Helen S. Mayberg D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Helen S. Mayberg sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 111 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2022 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2015 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2013 - Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2008 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Helen S. Mayberg is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States. Their research spans significant work in neuroscience and medicine, with a focus on neurology and cognitive neuroscience as primary subfields. The scientist's contributions are documented across multiple disciplines including radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, experimental and cognitive psychology, and pharmacology.

Their scholarly work covers numerous main topics such as neurological disorders and treatments, functional brain connectivity studies, transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, treatment of major depression, mental health research topics, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, and studies related to tryptophan and brain disorders.

Helen S. Mayberg has published a substantial number of articles in prominent venues. Frequent publication outlets include Biological Psychiatry, Brain Stimulation, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, and Translational Psychiatry.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this scientist include Ki Sueng Choi, Martijn Figee, Boadie W. Dunlop, Patricio Riva-Posse, and Jungho Cha.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Helen S. Mayberg include:

  • Brain stimulation and brain lesions converge on common causal circuits in neuropsychiatric disease, 2021, Nature Human Behaviour
  • Cingulate dynamics track depression recovery with deep brain stimulation, 2023, Nature
  • Deep Brain Stimulation for Depression, 2022, Neurotherapeutics
  • Alterations in acylcarnitines, amines, and lipids inform about the mechanism of action of citalopram/escitalopram in major depression, 2021, Translational Psychiatry
  • Indoxyl sulfate, a gut microbiome-derived uremic toxin, is associated with psychic anxiety and its functional magnetic resonance imaging-based neurologic signature, 2021, Scientific Reports

Among professional recognitions, Helen S. Mayberg has been awarded several fellowships and honors including Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2017), Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (2015), Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award (2013), Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2013), and membership of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) since 2008.

Best Publications

  • Deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression.

    Helen S. Mayberg;Helen S. Mayberg;Andres M. Lozano;Valerie Voon;Heather E. McNeely

  • Toward discovery science of human brain function

    Bharat B. Biswal;Maarten Mennes;Xi Nian Zuo;Suril Gohel

  • Reciprocal limbic-cortical function and negative mood: converging PET findings in depression and normal sadness

    Helen S. Mayberg;Mario Liotti;Stephen K. Brannan;Scott McGinnis

  • Resting-state connectivity biomarkers define neurophysiological subtypes of depression

    Andrew T Drysdale;Logan Grosenick;Logan Grosenick;Jonathan Downar;Katharine Dunlop

  • Limbic-cortical dysregulation: a proposed model of depression.

    Helen S. Mayberg

  • A whole brain fMRI atlas generated via spatially constrained spectral clustering

    R. Cameron Craddock;G.Andrew James;Paul E. Holtzheimer;Xiaoping P. Hu

  • Attending to the present: mindfulness meditation reveals distinct neural modes of self-reference

    Norman A. S. Farb;Zindel V. Segal;Helen Mayberg;Jim Bean

  • Modulation of cortical-limbic pathways in major depression: treatment-specific effects of cognitive behavior therapy.

    Kimberly Goldapple;Zindel Segal;Carol Garson;Mark Lau

  • Allele-specific FKBP5 DNA demethylation mediates gene-childhood trauma interactions

    Torsten Klengel;Divya Mehta;Christoph Anacker;Monika Rex-Haffner

  • Modulating dysfunctional limbic-cortical circuits in depression: towards development of brain-based algorithms for diagnosis and optimised treatment.

    Helen S Mayberg

  • Reliability, validity, and clinical correlates of apathy in Parkinson's disease.

    Sergio E. Starkstein;Helen S. Mayberg;Thomas J. Preziosi;Paula Andrezejewski

  • Harnessing neuroplasticity for clinical applications

    Steven C. Cramer;Mriganka Sur;Bruce H. Dobkin;Charles J O'Brien

  • Regional metabolic effects of fluoxetine in major depression: serial changes and relationship to clinical response.

    Helen S Mayberg;Steven K Brannan;Janet L Tekell;J.Arturo Silva

  • Neural basis of alertness and cognitive performance impairments during sleepiness. I. Effects of 24 h of sleep deprivation on waking human regional brain activity.

    Maria Thomas;Helen Sing;Gregory Belenky;Henry Holcomb

  • Cingulate function in depression: A potential predictor of treatment response

    Helen S. Mayberg;Stephen K. Brannan;Roderick K. Mahurin;Paul A. Jerabek

  • Targeting abnormal neural circuits in mood and anxiety disorders: from the laboratory to the clinic

    Kerry J Ressler;Helen S Mayberg

  • Subcallosal cingulate gyrus deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression.

    Andres M. Lozano;Helen S. Mayberg;Helen S. Mayberg;Peter Giacobbe;Clement Hamani

  • Neurobiological Mechanisms of the Placebo Effect

    Fabrizio Benedetti;Helen S. Mayberg;Tor D. Wager;Christian S. Stohler

  • The functional neuroanatomy of the placebo effect

    Helen S. Mayberg;J. Arturo Silva;Steven K. Brannan;Janet L. Tekell

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder: A state-of-the-science review

    Charles B. Nemeroff;J. Douglas Bremner;Edna B. Foa;Helen S. Mayberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Boadie W. Dunlop
Boadie W. Dunlop Emory University
Paul E. Holtzheimer
Paul E. Holtzheimer Dartmouth College
Charles B. Nemeroff
Charles B. Nemeroff The University of Texas at Austin
W. Edward Craighead
W. Edward Craighead Emory University
Andres M. Lozano
Andres M. Lozano University of Toronto
Elisabeth B. Binder
Elisabeth B. Binder Max Planck Society
Sidney H. Kennedy
Sidney H. Kennedy University Health Network
Robert E. Gross
Robert E. Gross Emory University
Peter T. Fox
Peter T. Fox The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Peter Giacobbe
Peter Giacobbe University of Toronto

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