Private study, group study, classrooms, and computer labs. Whatever your needs may be, Levy Library has space to help accommodate!
Small Classrooms
Perfect for smaller study groups and lessons, the 10th floor offers several classrooms of various sizes and max occupancies. The smallest classroom can fit 8 attendees and the largest can fit 20. These spaces are available by reservation to ISMMS faculty, staff, and students and to MSHS employees.
RESERVE A SMALL CLASSROOM HERE
Large Classroom
Room 11-46 is a 30-40 seat classroom can be reserved for academic use by ISMMS faculty, staff, and students and MSHS employees. PLEASE NOTE: This room is managed by the Graduate School and not the Library.
Computing Facilities
In addition to individual computer stations that are available on a first-come basis to the ISMMS and MSHS communities, the 11th floor of Levy Library also holds two computer classrooms ideal for training and lectures. The larger classroom can hold up to 35 attendees while the smaller can hold up to 12.
RESERVE A COMPUTER CLASSROOM HERE
Study Space
Whether you need freedom of group study or some quiet time to yourself, Levy Library offers an array of options.
- Group Study Zone: 11th floor, south side of library
- Quiet Study Zone: 11th floor, west side of library
- Silent Study Zone: 11th floor, north side of library
Additionally, Levy Library offers an overnight study space for currently enrolled students of ISMMS. Each eligible person entering the library must swipe their own ID card via the 10th floor to gain access and may be asked to show their Mount Sinai ID card to library staff and security personnel patrolling the premises throughout the night.
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Questions? Email refdesk@mssm.edu.
Each month Levy Library showcases the achievements of Mount Sinai faculty and researchers by highlighting an article and its altmetrics. Altmetrics are alternative measures of impact that capture non-traditional data like abstract views, article downloads, and social media activity.
This month we highlight: Food Intake Recruits Orosensory and Post-ingestive Dopaminergic Circuits to Affect Eating Desire in Humans. This article was written in part by Alexandra DiFeliceantonio, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow with the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
Citation
Cell Metabolism. 2019 Mar 5;29(3):695-706.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2018.12.006. Epub 2018 Dec 27.
Abstract
Pleasant taste and nutritional value guide food selection behavior. Here, orosensory features of food may be secondary to its nutritional value in underlying reinforcement, but it is unclear how the brain encodes the reward value of food. Orosensory and peripheral physiological signals may act together on dopaminergic circuits to drive food intake. We combined fMRI and a novel [11C]raclopride PET method to assess systems-level activation and dopamine release in response to palatable food intake in humans. We identified immediate orosensory and delayed post-ingestive dopamine release. Both responses recruit segregated brain regions: specialized integrative pathways and higher cognitive centers. Furthermore, we identified brain areas where dopamine release reflected the subjective desire to eat. Immediate dopamine release in these wanting-related regions was inversely correlated with, and presumably inhibited, post-ingestive release in the dorsal striatum. Our results highlight the role of brain and periphery in interacting to reinforce food intake in humans.
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