Inferred network

R(Retina) → AV(Anteroventral nucleus of thalamus)
AV(Anteroventral nucleus of thalamus) → ACA(Anterior cingulate area)
ACA(Anterior cingulate area) → SNc(Substantia nigra compact part)
SNc(Substantia nigra compact part) → 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 Anterior cingulate area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Anteroventral nucleus of thalamusAnterior cingulate area lightnot knownfluorescent tracers
Case pg37, fig1,3. Soma notes Table1, N{labeled in nuc}/N{total} as % : (AV,A24): FB (n=8): 10.8?.6, RH (n=7): 0.0?.0. Terminal notes Injs of FB or RH into cingulate gyrus?Injs into anterior 24. Inj foci of FB (d=1mm) were larger than those of RH (d=0.5mm). --Fig1 illustrates posns of inj sites but does not show size of typical inj--..
Horikawa K, Kinjo N, Stanley LC, Powell EW., 1988
Anteroventral nucleus of thalamusAnterior cingulate area moderatenot knownfluorescent tracers
Case pg37, fig1,3. Soma notes Table1, N{labeled in nuc}/N{total} as % : (AV,P24): FB (n=8): 55.0?.3, RH (n=7): 36.0?.0. Terminal notes Injs of FB or RH into cingulate gyrus?Injs into posterior 24. Inj foci of FB (d=1mm) were larger than those of RH (d=0.5mm). --Fig1 illustrates posns of inj sites but does not show size of typical inj--..
Horikawa K, Kinjo N, Stanley LC, Powell EW., 1988

Support information about direct projections from Anterior cingulate area to Substantia nigra compact part:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Anterior cingulate areaSubstantia nigra compact part lightnot knownfluorescent tracers
Case pg329, fig10, VTA92, table2. Soma notes not specified.. Terminal notes TB inj into supragenual field (Lindvall et al 78, BR142:1), see fig6C.
Swanson LW., 1982

Support information about direct projections from Substantia nigra compact part to Lateral hypothalamic area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Substantia nigra compact partLateral hypothalamic area existsnot knownautoradiography
Case pg200, fig4. Soma notes 3H A.A. inj into medial part, slight involvement of SNr/VTA. Terminal notes not specified..
Beckstead RM, Domesick VB, Nauta WJ., 1979