Inferred network

R(Retina) → MPN(Medial preoptic nucleus)
MPN(Medial preoptic nucleus) → LC(Locus coeruleus)
LC(Locus coeruleus) → ACB(Nucleus accumbens)
ACB(Nucleus accumbens) → 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 Locus coeruleus:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Medial preoptic nucleusLocus coeruleus 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 Locus coeruleus to Nucleus accumbens:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Locus coeruleusNucleus accumbens moderate/strongnot knownFluorogold
Collator note: small but relatively intense field in the LC. See Fig. 12 E, Swanson Atlas Level 49.
Brog J.S., Salyapongse A., Deutch A.Y. & Zahm D.S., 1993

Support information about direct projections from Nucleus accumbens to Lateral hypothalamic area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Nucleus accumbensLateral hypothalamic area existsnot knownPHAL
central region, at the level of the AHN; earlier: see Mogenson et al. J. Neurosci. 3:189, 1983, rat, autoradiography and electrophysiology. Collator note: predominantly from the shell region of ACB.
Risold P.Y., Thompson R.H., Swanson L.W., 1997
Nucleus accumbensLateral hypothalamic area existsnot knownautoradiography/electrophysiology
at about atlas level 27
Mogenson GJ, Swanson LW, Wu M., 1983
Nucleus accumbensLateral hypothalamic area strongnot knownautoradiography
Collator note: strong terminal field in the lateral LHA, between the fornix and the cerebral peduncle. See Fig. 1D-E, Swanson Atlas Levels 28-31.
Nauta W.J., Smith G.P., Faull R.L. & Domesick V.B., 1978