Inferred network

R(Retina) → MPO(Medial preoptic area)
MPO(Medial preoptic area) → PAG(Periaqueductal gray)
PAG(Periaqueductal gray) → VTA(Ventral tegmental area)
VTA(Ventral tegmental area) → 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 Periaqueductal gray:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Medial preoptic areaPeriaqueductal gray moderatenot knownHRP/WGA
Case table1. Soma notes periventricular grey. Terminal notes WGA-HRP inj.
Chiba T, Murata Y., 1985
Medial preoptic areaPeriaqueductal gray moderatenot knownHRP
Case pg135, fig4,5,6,10, table2. Soma notes not specified.. Terminal notes HRP inj.
Beitz AJ., 1982
Medial preoptic areaPeriaqueductal gray moderatenot knownHRP/WGA
Case table1. Soma notes WGA-HRP inj. Terminal notes Periventricular grey, reciprocated connecition, ventrodorsal fibres.
Chiba T, Murata Y., 1985

Support information about direct projections from Periaqueductal gray to Ventral tegmental area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Periaqueductal grayVentral tegmental area lightnot knownHRP
Case pg149, R50(no fig), table3. Soma notes smaller numbers of cells. Terminal notes HRP inj into vemtrolateral division (only one inj produced labelling).
Beitz AJ., 1982
Periaqueductal grayVentral tegmental area moderatenot knownHRP
Case pg109, table1, fig1. Soma notes In addition moderate bilateral label is observed in the VTRZ, the nucleus parabrachialis pigmentosus and paranigralis and the compact part of the substantia nigra. Terminal notes The supraoculomotor portion of the periaqueductal gray, has been injected (HRP) in 3 rabbits & 1 rat. In all 4 cases the supraocmot/PAG has been successfully injected with minimal spread to the adjacent occulomotor nucleus..
Giolli RA, Blanks RH, Torigoe Y, Williams DD., 1985

Support information about direct projections from Ventral tegmental area to Lateral hypothalamic area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Ventral tegmental areaLateral hypothalamic area lightnot knownautoradiography
Case pg198, fig3. Soma notes 3H proline/3H leucine inj. Terminal notes uncertain whether any AVT fibres actually terminated in the lateral hypothalamic region.
Beckstead RM, Domesick VB, Nauta WJ., 1979
Ventral tegmental areaLateral hypothalamic area moderatenot knownfluorescent tracers
Case pg369-71. Soma notes high numbers of neurons. Terminal notes FB inj.
Faye-Lund H., 1985
Ventral tegmental areaLateral hypothalamic area moderatenot knownCholera toxin conjugated to HRP
Case pg615, fig6. Soma notes not specified.. Terminal notes CT inj into VTA, with minor inclusion of medial SN.
Groenewegen HJ, Berendse HW., 1990