Inferred network

R(Retina) → MPN(Medial preoptic nucleus)
MPN(Medial preoptic nucleus) → PMv(Ventral premammillary nucleus)
PMv(Ventral premammillary nucleus) → 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 nucleus:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
RetinaMedial preoptic nucleus light/moderatenot knownCholera toxin conjugated to HRP
Case pg348,349, 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 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 ventral part of the medial preoptic nucleus.
Levine JD, Weiss ML, Rosenwasser AM, Miselis RR., 1991

Support information about direct projections from Medial preoptic nucleus to Ventral premammillary nucleus:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Medial preoptic nucleusVentral premammillary nucleus moderatenot knownHRP/WGA
Case table1. Soma notes WGA-HRP inj. Terminal notes not specified..
Chiba T, Murata Y., 1985
Medial preoptic nucleusVentral premammillary nucleus moderatenot knownHRP/WGA
Case table1. Soma notes not specified.. Terminal notes WGA-HRP inj.
Chiba T, Murata Y., 1985

Support information about direct projections from Ventral premammillary nucleus to Medial nucleus of the amygdala anterodorsal part:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Ventral premammillary nucleusMedial nucleus of the amygdala anterodorsal part very strongnot knownPHAL
very dense, especially deep, in zone c; earlier: Veening 1978 Neurosci. Lett. 8:197-202, rat, retrograde HRP
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 structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Medial nucleus of the amygdala anterodorsal partLateral hypothalamic area existsnot knownPHAL
light, dorsolateral at Atlas level 29
Petrovich G.D., Canteras N.S., Swanson L.W., 2001
Medial nucleus of the amygdala anterodorsal partLateral hypothalamic area existsnot knownPHAL
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