Inferred network

R(Retina) → AVP(Anteroventral preoptic nucleus)
AVP(Anteroventral preoptic nucleus) → PCG(Pontine central gray)
PCG(Pontine central gray) → NIc(Nucleus incertus compact part)
NIc(Nucleus incertus compact part) → 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 Pontine central gray:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Anteroventral preoptic nucleusPontine central gray existsnot knownPHAL
just rostral to LC
Simerly RB, Swanson LW., 1988
Anteroventral preoptic nucleusPontine central gray lightnot knownPHAL
earlier: Simerly & Swanson JCN 270:209 1988 rat PHAL same material only examined and described more accurately here
Thompson R.H., Swanson L.W., 2003

Support information about direct projections from Pontine central gray to Nucleus incertus compact part:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Pontine central grayNucleus incertus compact part lightnot knownCTB
light except for distinct cluster in “retrolaterodorsal nucleus”; confirmed with PHAL
Goto M., Swanson L.W., Canteras N.S., 2001

Support information about direct projections from Nucleus incertus compact part to Lateral hypothalamic area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Nucleus incertus compact partLateral hypothalamic area existsnot knownPHAL
moderate subfornical L-shaped region at level of AHNd in rostral tip dorsolateral to the rostral SO; earlier: see Takagi et al. BR 193:315 1980 rat retrograde HRP; Berk & Finkelstein Neuroscience 6:1601 1981 rat retrograde HRP
Goto M., Swanson L.W., Canteras N.S., 2001