“…Pups in the morphine group received morphine subcutaneously (SC) on the back above the tail with additive doses (3,6,9,12,15,18, and 21 mg/kg) every day between 11:00 and 12:00 hr from P8 to P14. These doses were chosen because previous studies reported similar doses (Jones et al, 2002;Rana, Mallet, Robertson, & Wainwright, 2010). Each day, the injected dose of morphine was increased by 3 mg/kg.…”