Developmental changes in synapses of the retino-recipient layers of the opossum superior colliculus

Changes in synaptic structure were examined in junctions of the retino-recipient layers of the opossum superior colliculus (SC) at critical developmental stages (30, 40 and 61 dai-old pouch young and adult controls). Criteria of classification were the presence and direction of curvature (smile, flat, frown and irregula) and the degree of aggregation of paramembranous components vis-a-vis curvature in the assessment of maturational changes