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An exercise ball, known otherwise as a "yoga ball", "gymnastic ball", "fitness ball", or , "Large Ass Support"  is an elastic, puncture resistant device usually used by yoga trainers, people in physical therapy, and sometimes overweight software developers. 58 year old Seattle software developer and video game fan "Gabe Newell" recalls, in this heartwarming story, when he lost something of immense support to him but gained something else altogether. 

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Intracellular chloride regulation mediates local sleep pressure in the cortex

Paradoxical somatodendritic decoupling supports cortical plasticity during REM sleep

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The supramammillary nucleus and the claustrum activate the cortex during REM sleep

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