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Inferred network

R(Retina) → MPO(Medial preoptic area)
MPO(Medial preoptic area) → LSr(Lateral septal nucleus rostral (rostroventral) part)
LSr(Lateral septal nucleus rostral (rostroventral) part) → ACB(Nucleus accumbens)
ACB(Nucleus accumbens) → LHA(Lateral hypothalamic area)

Support information about direct projections from Retina to Medial preoptic area:

Sending structure	Receiving structure	Strength of projection	Type of connection	Technique	General description	Collator	Associated reference
Retina	Medial preoptic area	light/moderate	not known	Cholera 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
Retina	Medial preoptic area	exists	not known	Cholera 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 Lateral septal nucleus rostral (rostroventral) part:

Sending structure	Receiving structure	Strength of projection	Type of connection	Technique	General description	Collator	Associated reference
Medial preoptic area	Lateral septal nucleus rostral (rostroventral) part	exists	not known	Fluorogold	scattered		Risold P.Y., Swanson L.W., 1997

Support information about direct projections from Lateral septal nucleus rostral (rostroventral) part to Nucleus accumbens:

Sending structure	Receiving structure	Strength of projection	Type of connection	Technique	General description	Collator	Associated reference
Lateral septal nucleus rostral (rostroventral) part	Nucleus accumbens	moderate/strong	not known	Fluorogold	Medial shell injections resulted in dense labeling of the dorsal division of the lateral septal nucleus (Fig. 5D-G, 11D-G).		Brog J.S., Salyapongse A., Deutch A.Y. & Zahm D.S., 1993
Lateral septal nucleus rostral (rostroventral) part	Nucleus accumbens	moderate/strong	not known	Fluorogold	Medial shell injections resulted in dense labeling of the dorsal division of the lateral septal nucleus (Fig. 5D-G, 11D-G).		Brog J.S., Salyapongse A., Deutch A.Y. & Zahm D.S., 1993

Support information about direct projections from Nucleus accumbens to Lateral hypothalamic area:

Sending structure	Receiving structure	Strength of projection	Type of connection	Technique	General description	Associated reference
Nucleus accumbens	Lateral hypothalamic area	exists	not known	PHAL	central region, at the level of the AHN; earlier: see Mogenson et al. J. Neurosci. 3:189, 1983, rat, autoradiography and electrophysiology. Collator note: predominantly from the shell region of ACB.	Risold P.Y., Thompson R.H., Swanson L.W., 1997
Nucleus accumbens	Lateral hypothalamic area	exists	not known	autoradiography/electrophysiology	at about atlas level 27	Mogenson GJ, Swanson LW, Wu M., 1983
Nucleus accumbens	Lateral hypothalamic area	strong	not known	autoradiography	Collator note: strong terminal field in the lateral LHA, between the fornix and the cerebral peduncle. See Fig. 1D-E, Swanson Atlas Levels 28-31.	Nauta W.J., Smith G.P., Faull R.L. & Domesick V.B., 1978