Inferred network

R(Retina) → AHNa(Anterior hypothalamic nucleus anterior part)
AHNa(Anterior hypothalamic nucleus anterior part) → MPN(Medial preoptic nucleus)
MPN(Medial preoptic nucleus) → PVHpv(Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, parvicellular division, periventricular part)
PVHpv(Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, parvicellular division, periventricular part) → LHA(Lateral hypothalamic area)

Support information about direct projections from Retina to Anterior hypothalamic nucleus anterior part:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
RetinaAnterior hypothalamic nucleus anterior part light/moderatenot knownCholera toxin conjugated to HRP
Case pg352. 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 Med. component of the RHT?in addition, labeled fibres and terms were found lateral to the lateral boundary of the SCN, in the lateroanterior hypothalamic nucleus. Lat component diffuse labeling in the lateroanterior hypothalamic nucleus was evident.
 Levine JD, Weiss ML, Rosenwasser AM, Miselis RR., 1991

Support information about direct projections from Anterior hypothalamic nucleus anterior part to Medial preoptic nucleus:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Anterior hypothalamic nucleus anterior partMedial preoptic nucleus existsnot knownTrue 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 Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, parvicellular division, periventricular part:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Medial preoptic nucleusParaventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, parvicellular division, periventricular part existsnot knownautoradiography
none provided
 Sawchenko P.E., Swanson L.W., 1983

Support information about direct projections from Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, parvicellular division, periventricular part to Lateral hypothalamic area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, parvicellular division, periventricular partLateral hypothalamic area existsnot knownautoradiography
rostral tip of PVHpv; experiment R183; perifornical region at Atlas level 25
 Swanson L.W., 1976