Inferred network

R(Retina) → MPN(Medial preoptic nucleus)
MPN(Medial preoptic nucleus) → NTS(Nucleus of the solitary tract)
NTS(Nucleus of the solitary tract) → BSTsc(Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis, anterior division, subcommisural zone)
BSTsc(Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis, anterior division, subcommisural zone) → 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 Nucleus of the solitary tract:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Medial preoptic nucleusNucleus of the solitary tract lightnot knownHRP/WGA
Case table1. Soma notes WGA-HRP inj. Terminal notes not specified..
Chiba T, Murata Y., 1985

Support information about direct projections from Nucleus of the solitary tract to Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis, anterior division, subcommisural zone:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Nucleus of the solitary tractBed nuclei of the stria terminalis, anterior division, subcommisural zone moderatenot knownCTB
CTb-labeled neurons were found in the periventricular and periaqueductal gray matter (Figs. 4J–Q, 7E), midbrain raphe nuclei (Figs. 4M–P, 7E), parabrachial nucleus (Figs. 4R–T, 7F), pre-locus coeruleus nucleus (Figs. 4Q, 7F), NTS (Figs. 4R,S, 7G), and ventrolateral medulla (Fig. 4R).
Shin J.W., Geerling J.C. & Loewy A.D., 2008

Support information about direct projections from Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis, anterior division, subcommisural zone to Lateral hypothalamic area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis, anterior division, subcommisural zoneLateral hypothalamic area strongnot knownPHAL
None provided.
Dong H-W & Swanson L.W., 2003