Inferred network

R(Retina) → AHNa(Anterior hypothalamic nucleus anterior part)
AHNa(Anterior hypothalamic nucleus anterior part) → AHNc(Anterior hypothalamic central part)
AHNc(Anterior hypothalamic central part) → VTA(Ventral tegmental area)
VTA(Ventral tegmental area) → 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 Anterior hypothalamic central part:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Anterior hypothalamic nucleus anterior partAnterior hypothalamic central part existsnot knownPHAL
none provided
Risold P.Y., Canteras N.S., Swanson L.W., 1994

Support information about direct projections from Anterior hypothalamic central part to Ventral tegmental area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Anterior hypothalamic central partVentral tegmental area existsnot knownautoradiography
Collator note: Conrad & Pfaff JCN 169:221-262, 1976; their injection sites were much larger, and spread more into adjacent cell groups. Thus, subdivision analysis was not possible, and some false positive results were possible. Projections not reported in
Saper C.B., Swanson L.W., Cowan W.M., 1978

Support information about direct projections from Ventral tegmental area to Lateral hypothalamic area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Ventral tegmental areaLateral hypothalamic area lightnot knownautoradiography
Case pg198, fig3. Soma notes 3H proline/3H leucine inj. Terminal notes uncertain whether any AVT fibres actually terminated in the lateral hypothalamic region.
Beckstead RM, Domesick VB, Nauta WJ., 1979
Ventral tegmental areaLateral hypothalamic area moderatenot knownfluorescent tracers
Case pg369-71. Soma notes high numbers of neurons. Terminal notes FB inj.
Faye-Lund H., 1985
Ventral tegmental areaLateral hypothalamic area moderatenot knownCholera toxin conjugated to HRP
Case pg615, fig6. Soma notes not specified.. Terminal notes CT inj into VTA, with minor inclusion of medial SN.
Groenewegen HJ, Berendse HW., 1990