Inferred network

R(Retina) → 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 Lateral preoptic area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
RetinaLateral preoptic area existsnot knownCholera toxin conjugated to HRP
Case pg351, fig5a-f. 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 In addition label evident in ventral part of the lateral preoptic area.
 Levine JD, Weiss ML, Rosenwasser AM, Miselis RR., 1991

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