Pharmacology & ToxicologybioRxiv
Inhaled nicotine equivalent to cigarette smoking disrupts systemic and uterine hemodynamics and induces cardiac arrhythmia in pregnant rats
X. M. Shao, H. E. Lopez-Valdes, J. Liang, J. L. Feldman
This study shows that inhaled nicotine during pregnancy disrupts systemic and uterine hemodynamics and causes cardiac arrhythmia in rats, with effects blocked by a nicotinic receptor antagonist.
DOI 10.1038/s41598-017-17301-5