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Inferred network

R(Retina) → MPO(Medial preoptic area)
MPO(Medial preoptic area) → DR(Dorsal nucleus raphe)
DR(Dorsal nucleus raphe) → MPNl(Medial preoptic nucleus lateral part)
MPNl(Medial preoptic nucleus lateral part) → 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 Dorsal nucleus raphe:

Sending structure	Receiving structure	Strength of projection	Type of connection	Technique	General description	Collator	Associated reference
Medial preoptic area	Dorsal nucleus raphe	light	not known	HRP/WGA	Case table1. Soma notes not specified.. Terminal notes WGA-HRP inj.		Chiba T, Murata Y., 1985
Medial preoptic area	Dorsal nucleus raphe	light	not known	HRP/WGA	Case table1. Soma notes WGA-HRP inj. Terminal notes not specified..		Chiba T, Murata Y., 1985

Support information about direct projections from Dorsal nucleus raphe to Medial preoptic nucleus lateral part:

Sending structure	Receiving structure	Strength of projection	Type of connection	Technique	General description	Collator	Associated reference
Dorsal nucleus raphe	Medial preoptic nucleus lateral part	light	not known	PHAL	projection from the caudal pole of DR		Goto M., Swanson L.W., Canteras N.S., 2001

Support information about direct projections from Medial preoptic nucleus lateral part to Lateral hypothalamic area:

Sending structure	Receiving structure	Strength of projection	Type of connection	Technique	General description	Collator	Associated reference
Medial preoptic nucleus lateral part	Lateral hypothalamic area	exists	not known	autoradiography	ipsilateral, neurons tend to be anterior and then ventral, after excluding projections described in Simerly, Swanson, & Gorski Brain Res. 324: 185-189, 1984		Simerly RB, Swanson LW., 1986
Medial preoptic nucleus lateral part	Lateral hypothalamic area	exists	not known	PHAL	Collator note: the MPN projection has a light contralateral representation, which was not described in detail.		Simerly RB, Swanson LW., 1988