Inferred network

R(Retina) → AVP(Anteroventral preoptic nucleus)
AVP(Anteroventral preoptic nucleus) → LPO(Lateral preoptic area)
LPO(Lateral preoptic area) → AAA(Anterior amygdaloid area)
AAA(Anterior amygdaloid area) → LHA(Lateral hypothalamic area)

Support information about direct projections from Retina to Anteroventral preoptic nucleus:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
RetinaAnteroventral preoptic nucleus existsnot knownCholera 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 Lateral preoptic area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Anteroventral preoptic nucleusLateral preoptic area lightnot knownPHAL
none provided
Thompson R.H., Swanson L.W., 2003

Support information about direct projections from Lateral preoptic area to Anterior amygdaloid area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Lateral preoptic areaAnterior amygdaloid area existsnot knownautoradiography
p. 251: this may be from the LHA in experiment R164; earlier: Wakefield & Hall Cell Tiss. Res. 151:499, 1974, cat, Nauta methods
Swanson L.W., 1976

Support information about direct projections from Anterior amygdaloid area to Lateral hypothalamic area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Anterior amygdaloid areaLateral hypothalamic area existsnot knownPHAL
moderately in dorsolateral region at level of the DMHa, atlas level 29
Petrovich G.D., Canteras N.S., Swanson L.W., 2001
Anterior amygdaloid areaLateral hypothalamic area existsnot knownPHAL
moderately dense in region of the parasubthalamic nucleus, atlas level 33
Petrovich G.D., Canteras N.S., Swanson L.W., 2001