Several mechanisms of action have been proposed to explain the neuroprotective effects of MgSO4 (Figure 2). Magnesium is a calcium antagonist that acts both intracellularly and extracellularly,68 and may act directly on cerebral endothelial cells.
The claim that Hassan Rouhani, the new president of Iran, is a âmoderate,â with whom Western leaders can do business on the basis of mutual self-interest, brings to mind an earlier fantasy common among elites in the West after the death of the Soviet dictator, Leonid Brezhnev, in 1982: that his successor as General Secretary, Yuri Andropov, was a closet liberal eager to reduce the tensions of the Cold War, then nearly four decades old, and thereby make nuclear war less likely.
Italian PM invites Iranian president for official visit. TEHRAN (Tasnim) â Italian Premier Matteo Renzi extended an invitation to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to pay an official visit to Rome, as other European countries are already in a race to boost political and economic ties with Tehran.he Italian top diplomat further expressed the hope that given the competition between different countries to host the Iranian president, the possible trip to Italy by President Rouhani would happen at the earliest.