  We study the \N=4 SYM theory with SU(N) gauge group in the large N limit,
deformed by giving equal mass to the four adjoint fermions. With this
modification, a potential is dynamically generated for the six scalars in the
theory, \phi^i. We show that the resulting theory is stable (perturbatively in
the 't Hooft coupling), and that there are some indications that <\phi>=0 is
the vacuum of the theory. Using the AdS/CFT correspondence, we compare the
results to the corresponding supergravity computation, i.e. brane probing a
deformed AdS_5 x S^5 background, and we find qualitative agreement.
