Inferred network

R(Retina) → MPO(Medial preoptic area)
MPO(Medial preoptic area) → PH(Posterior hypothalamic nucleus)
PH(Posterior hypothalamic nucleus) → NIc(Nucleus incertus compact part)
NIc(Nucleus incertus compact part) → LHA(Lateral hypothalamic area)

Support information about direct projections from Retina to Medial preoptic area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
RetinaMedial preoptic area light/moderatenot knownCholera toxin conjugated to HRP
Case pg348,349, fig5d-f. Soma notes 36 female Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 200-350g. 10 microliters of CT-HRP(.20%-.40%) were injected into one eye ?behind the lens into the vitreous chamber of the eye. pressure injection over 1 min. Terminal notes Medial component of the RHT included labeled fibres and terminals found near the midline involved the medial half of the medial preoptic area?terminals evident in the anterior medial preoptic area Paper describes a.m.p.a. as separate region .
Levine JD, Weiss ML, Rosenwasser AM, Miselis RR., 1991
RetinaMedial preoptic area existsnot knownCholera toxin conjugated to HRP
Case pg351,352, fig5a-f. Soma notes 36 female Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 200-350g. 10 microliters of CT-HRP(.20%-.40%) were injected into one eye ?behind the lens into the vitreous chamber of the eye. pressure injection over 1 min. Terminal notes in preoptic region ros. to SCN. lat. component of RHT labeled terminals and fibres within or lateral to the lateral haf of the medial preoptic area. Terminal label evident in ven. 1/2 of the lateral part of the medial preoptic area.
Levine JD, Weiss ML, Rosenwasser AM, Miselis RR., 1991

Support information about direct projections from Medial preoptic area to Posterior hypothalamic nucleus:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Medial preoptic areaPosterior hypothalamic nucleus lightnot knownHRP/WGA
Case table1. Soma notes WGA-HRP inj. Terminal notes not specified..
Chiba T, Murata Y., 1985
Medial preoptic areaPosterior hypothalamic nucleus lightnot knownHRP/WGA
Case table1. Soma notes not specified.. Terminal notes WGA-HRP inj.
Chiba T, Murata Y., 1985
Medial preoptic areaPosterior hypothalamic nucleus moderatenot knownFluorogold
Moderate numbers of large cells are located rostrally in the medial preoptic nucleus and area (Fig. 4B).
Abrahamson E.E. & Moore R.Y., 2001

Support information about direct projections from Posterior hypothalamic nucleus to Nucleus incertus compact part:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Posterior hypothalamic nucleusNucleus incertus compact part moderatenot knownCTB
earlier: Vertes & Crane JCN 374:607 1996 rat PHAL
Goto M., Swanson L.W., Canteras N.S., 2001

Support information about direct projections from Nucleus incertus compact part to Lateral hypothalamic area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Nucleus incertus compact partLateral hypothalamic area existsnot knownPHAL
moderate subfornical L-shaped region at level of AHNd in rostral tip dorsolateral to the rostral SO; earlier: see Takagi et al. BR 193:315 1980 rat retrograde HRP; Berk & Finkelstein Neuroscience 6:1601 1981 rat retrograde HRP
Goto M., Swanson L.W., Canteras N.S., 2001