BAMS | Inferred network

Inferred network

R(Retina) → MPN(Medial preoptic nucleus)
MPN(Medial preoptic nucleus) → SC(Superior colliculus)
SC(Superior colliculus) → SUBv(Subiculum ventral part)
SUBv(Subiculum ventral part) → LHA(Lateral hypothalamic area)

Support information about direct projections from Retina to Medial preoptic nucleus:

Sending structure	Receiving structure	Strength of projection	Type of connection	Technique	General description	Collator	Associated reference
Retina	Medial preoptic nucleus	light/moderate	not known	Cholera 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 Superior colliculus:

Sending structure	Receiving structure	Strength of projection	Type of connection	Technique	General description	Collator	Associated reference
Medial preoptic nucleus	Superior colliculus	light	not known	PHAL	Collator note: repeats not included from Swanson, Mogenson, Gerfen, & Robinson Brain Res. 295:161-178, 1984		Swanson L.W., Mogenson G.J., Simerly R.B., Wu M., 1987

Support information about direct projections from Superior colliculus to Subiculum ventral part:

Sending structure	Receiving structure	Strength of projection	Type of connection	Technique	General description	Collator	Associated reference
Superior colliculus	Subiculum ventral part	exists	not known	fluorescent tracers	Case pg600, table1. Soma notes Long projections to the superior colliculus arose from neurons in both {5,6} of Rga. Terminal notes retrograde labeling experiments (FB/FG).		van Groen T, Wyss JM., 1990

Support information about direct projections from Subiculum ventral part to Lateral hypothalamic area:

Sending structure	Receiving structure	Strength of projection	Type of connection	Technique	General description	Collator	Associated reference
Subiculum ventral part	Lateral hypothalamic area	light/moderate	not known	biotinylated dextran amine (BDA)	Collator note: labeling of the LHA, just above the optic tract. See Fig. 3A, Swanson Atlas Levels 26-27.		Kishi T., Tsumori T., Yokota S. & Yasui Y. , 2006