Inferred network

R(Retina) → AV(Anteroventral nucleus of thalamus)
AV(Anteroventral nucleus of thalamus) → SUM(Supramammillary nucleus)
SUM(Supramammillary nucleus) → ACB(Nucleus accumbens)
ACB(Nucleus accumbens) → LHA(Lateral hypothalamic area)

Support information about direct projections from Retina to Anteroventral nucleus of thalamus:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
RetinaAnteroventral nucleus of thalamus existsnot knownCholera toxin conjugated to HRP
Case pg353-4. 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 fibres can be seen in stria terminalis coursing rostrally from these more caudal levels. This pathway gives rise to the thalamic label reported earlier (anterior dorsal, anterior ventral thalamic nuc. and bed nuc. of the stria terminalis.).
Levine JD, Weiss ML, Rosenwasser AM, Miselis RR., 1991

Support information about direct projections from Anteroventral nucleus of thalamus to Supramammillary nucleus:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Anteroventral nucleus of thalamusSupramammillary nucleus existsnot knownHRP
Case pg292, fig7,8. Soma notes retrogradely labeled cells at borderline between ncl anteroventralis & anterodorsalis (most cells lie in ncl anteroventralis). Terminal notes Identical districution of labeled cells were found in animals with HRP inj into ?anterior part of ncl supramammillaris..
Petrovicky P., 1983
Anteroventral nucleus of thalamusSupramammillary nucleus existsnot knownHRP
Case pg333. Soma notes retrogradely labeled cells at borderline between ncl anteroventralis & anterodorsalis (most cells lie in ncl anteroventralis). Terminal notes Identical districution of labeled cells were found in animals with HRP inj into ?anterior part of ncl supramammillaris..
Petrovicky P., 1983

Support information about direct projections from Supramammillary nucleus to Nucleus accumbens:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Supramammillary nucleusNucleus accumbens lightnot knownfluorescent tracers
Case pg326, fig7, VTA61, table2. Soma notes not specified.. Terminal notes TB & bisbenzimide injs centred in different parts of ACB & dorsally adjacent parts of the striatum (see fig 6, VTA61).
Swanson LW., 1982

Support information about direct projections from Nucleus accumbens to Lateral hypothalamic area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Nucleus accumbensLateral hypothalamic area existsnot knownPHAL
central region, at the level of the AHN; earlier: see Mogenson et al. J. Neurosci. 3:189, 1983, rat, autoradiography and electrophysiology. Collator note: predominantly from the shell region of ACB.
Risold P.Y., Thompson R.H., Swanson L.W., 1997
Nucleus accumbensLateral hypothalamic area existsnot knownautoradiography/electrophysiology
at about atlas level 27
Mogenson GJ, Swanson LW, Wu M., 1983
Nucleus accumbensLateral hypothalamic area strongnot knownautoradiography
Collator note: strong terminal field in the lateral LHA, between the fornix and the cerebral peduncle. See Fig. 1D-E, Swanson Atlas Levels 28-31.
Nauta W.J., Smith G.P., Faull R.L. & Domesick V.B., 1978