Inferred network

R(Retina) → MPO(Medial preoptic area)
MPO(Medial preoptic area) → PVT(Paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus)
PVT(Paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus) → ACAv(Anterior cingulate area ventral part)
ACAv(Anterior cingulate area ventral 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 Paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Medial preoptic areaParaventricular nucleus of the thalamus moderatenot knownHRP/WGA
Case table1. Soma notes WGA-HRP inj. Terminal notes not specified..
Chiba T, Murata Y., 1985

Support information about direct projections from Paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus to Anterior cingulate area ventral part:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Paraventricular nucleus of the thalamusAnterior cingulate area ventral part moderatenot knownPHAL
Case pg79. Soma notes Tracer deposits (PHA-L) in the ventral portion of the anterior part of the paraventricular nucleus always inculded the central medial and/or the parataenial nuclei. Terminal notes Excluding cortical fields receiving projections from CM or PT, the ventral part of the agranular cingulate cortex is the only cortical area that receives fibres from the ventral part of the periventricular nucleus but not the dorsal part. {1,5,6}.
Berendse HW, Groenewegen HJ., 1991

Support information about direct projections from Anterior cingulate area ventral part to Lateral hypothalamic area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Anterior cingulate area ventral partLateral hypothalamic area light/moderatenot knownradioactive aminoacids
Collator note; See Fig. 4D-F, Swanson Atlas Levels 24-29.
Beckstead RM., 1979
Anterior cingulate area ventral partLateral hypothalamic area lightnot knownradioactive aminoacids
Collator note: extension of the terminal field in GPm extending ventromedially into SI and LHA. See Fig. 5C, Swanson Atlas Levels 24-25
Beckstead RM., 1979