Inferred network

R(Retina) → LPO(Lateral preoptic area)
LPO(Lateral preoptic area) → VTA(Ventral tegmental area)
VTA(Ventral tegmental area) → 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 Ventral tegmental area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Lateral preoptic areaVentral tegmental area lightnot knownPHAL
Case pg233-4. Soma notes PHA-L inj. Terminal notes very dense plexuses.
 Simerly RB, Swanson LW., 1988
Lateral preoptic areaVentral tegmental area existsnot knownautoradiography
earlier: Nauta Brain 81:319,1958; cat, Nauta method; Troiano & Siegel Exp. Neurol. 49:161, 1975, cat, autoradiography
 Swanson L.W., 1976
Lateral preoptic areaVentral tegmental area existsnot knownPHAL
earlier: Nauta 1958; cat, Nauta method; Swanson JCN 167:227-56, 1976, rat, autoradiography
 Simerly RB, Swanson LW., 1988

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