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Inferred network

R(Retina) → AVP(Anteroventral preoptic nucleus)
AVP(Anteroventral preoptic nucleus) → MPN(Medial preoptic nucleus)
MPN(Medial preoptic nucleus) → ACB(Nucleus accumbens)
ACB(Nucleus accumbens) → LHA(Lateral hypothalamic area)

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

Sending structure	Receiving structure	Strength of projection	Type of connection	Technique	General description	Collator	Associated reference
Retina	Anteroventral preoptic nucleus	exists	not known	Cholera toxin conjugated to HRP	Case pg351, fig5a-e. 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 Terminal label evident throughout the anteroventral preoptic nucleus..		Levine JD, Weiss ML, Rosenwasser AM, Miselis RR., 1991

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

Sending structure	Receiving structure	Strength of projection	Type of connection	Technique	General description	Collator	Associated reference
Anteroventral preoptic nucleus	Medial preoptic nucleus	exists	not known	True Blue/SITS/WGA	ipsilateral, after excluding projections described in Simerly, Swanson, & Gorski Brain Res. 324: 185-189, 1984		Simerly RB, Swanson LW., 1986

Support information about direct projections from Medial preoptic nucleus to Nucleus accumbens:

Sending structure	Receiving structure	Strength of projection	Type of connection	Technique	General description	Collator	Associated reference
Medial preoptic nucleus	Nucleus accumbens	light	not known	HRP/WGA	Case table1. Soma notes WGA-HRP inj. Terminal notes not specified..		Chiba T, Murata Y., 1985

Support information about direct projections from Nucleus accumbens to Lateral hypothalamic area:

Sending structure	Receiving structure	Strength of projection	Type of connection	Technique	General description	Associated reference
Nucleus accumbens	Lateral hypothalamic area	exists	not known	PHAL	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 accumbens	Lateral hypothalamic area	exists	not known	autoradiography/electrophysiology	at about atlas level 27	Mogenson GJ, Swanson LW, Wu M., 1983
Nucleus accumbens	Lateral hypothalamic area	strong	not known	autoradiography	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