Inferred network

R(Retina) → AV(Anteroventral nucleus of thalamus)
AV(Anteroventral nucleus of thalamus) → ENTl(Entorhinal area, lateral part)
ENTl(Entorhinal area, lateral part) → VTA(Ventral tegmental area)
VTA(Ventral tegmental area) → 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 Entorhinal area, lateral part:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Anteroventral nucleus of thalamusEntorhinal area, lateral part lightnot knownPHAL
Case pg433, fig4. Soma notes In 11 cases, injections made into various parts of AV. In case (R680) with inj involving central part of AV at its rostral third level
Shibata H., 1993

Support information about direct projections from Entorhinal area, lateral part to Ventral tegmental area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Entorhinal area, lateral partVentral tegmental area moderatenot knownfluorescent tracers
Case pg330-333, fig13, VTA129, table2. Soma notes not specified.. Terminal notes TB & bizbenzimide injs, see fig6F, spread into PIR & other parts of cortex none of which receive input from VTA.
Swanson LW., 1982

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