Inferred network

R(Retina) → AHNa(Anterior hypothalamic nucleus anterior part)
AHNa(Anterior hypothalamic nucleus anterior part) → LPO(Lateral preoptic area)
LPO(Lateral preoptic area) → MS(Medial septal nucleus)
MS(Medial septal nucleus) → 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 Lateral preoptic area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Anterior hypothalamic nucleus anterior partLateral preoptic area existsnot knownPHAL
none provided
Risold P.Y., Canteras N.S., Swanson L.W., 1994

Support information about direct projections from Lateral preoptic area to Medial septal nucleus:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Lateral preoptic areaMedial septal nucleus lightnot knownPHAL
Case pg233-4. Soma notes PHA-L inj. Terminal notes MS/NDB complex.
Simerly RB, Swanson LW., 1988
Lateral preoptic areaMedial septal nucleus existsnot knownautoradiography
earlier: Valverde 1965; cat, Nauta methods; Troiano & Siegel Exp. Neurol. 49:161, 1975, cat, autoradiography
Swanson L.W., 1976
Lateral preoptic areaMedial septal nucleus existsnot knownPHAL
earlier: Valverde 1965; cat, Nauta method; Swanson JCN 167:227-56, 1976, rat, autoradiography
Simerly RB, Swanson LW., 1988

Support information about direct projections from Medial septal nucleus to Lateral hypothalamic area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Medial septal nucleusLateral hypothalamic area existsnot knownautoradiography
none provided
Swanson L.W., Cowan W.M., 1979