BAMS | Inferred network

Inferred network

R(Retina) → MPO(Medial preoptic area)
MPO(Medial preoptic area) → PA(Posterior nucleus of the amygdala)
PA(Posterior nucleus of the amygdala) → MEAad(Medial nucleus of the amygdala anterodorsal part)
MEAad(Medial nucleus of the amygdala anterodorsal 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 Posterior nucleus of the amygdala:

Sending structure	Receiving structure	Strength of projection	Type of connection	Technique	General description	Associated reference
Medial preoptic area	Posterior nucleus of the amygdala	moderate	not known	HRP/WGA	Case table1. Soma notes not specified.. Terminal notes WGA-HRP inj.	Chiba T, Murata Y., 1985
Medial preoptic area	Posterior nucleus of the amygdala	light	not known	HRP/WGA	Case table1. Soma notes WGA-HRP inj. Terminal notes not specified..	Chiba T, Murata Y., 1985
Medial preoptic area	Posterior nucleus of the amygdala	exists	not known	Fluorogold/PHAL	earlier: see Conrad & Pfaff JCN 169:185-220, 1976, rat, autoradiography; Ottersen JCN 194:267-89, 1980, rat, retrograde HRP	Canteras N.S., Simerly R.B., Swanson L.W., 1992

Support information about direct projections from Posterior nucleus of the amygdala to Medial nucleus of the amygdala anterodorsal part:

Sending structure	Receiving structure	Strength of projection	Type of connection	Technique	General description	Collator	Associated reference
Posterior nucleus of the amygdala	Medial nucleus of the amygdala anterodorsal part	exists	not known	PHAL	none provided		Canteras N.S., Simerly R.B., Swanson L.W., 1992
Posterior nucleus of the amygdala	Medial nucleus of the amygdala anterodorsal part	strong	not known	Fluorogold	Proceeding rostrally, the number of labeled sons in the MEA decreases gradually and they are located especially in the anterodorsal part of the nucleus, although a few labeled fibers are also found in the immediate vicinity of the MEA, as well as in the central nucleus of the amygdala (Fig. 6H-J). Collator note: Swanson Atlas Levels 24-27.		Canteras N.S., Simerly R.B., Swanson L.W., 1992

Support information about direct projections from Medial nucleus of the amygdala anterodorsal part to Lateral hypothalamic area:

Sending structure	Receiving structure	Strength of projection	Type of connection	Technique	General description	Collator	Associated reference
Medial nucleus of the amygdala anterodorsal part	Lateral hypothalamic area	exists	not known	PHAL	light, dorsolateral at Atlas level 29		Petrovich G.D., Canteras N.S., Swanson L.W., 2001
Medial nucleus of the amygdala anterodorsal part	Lateral hypothalamic area	exists	not known	PHAL	perifornical between AHN and RE; far lateral adjacent to the SUT] [earlier: see Caffe et al. JCN 261:237 1987 rat		Canteras N.S., Simerly R.B., Swanson L.W., 1995