Inferred network

R(Retina) → AV(Anteroventral nucleus of thalamus)
AV(Anteroventral nucleus of thalamus) → ACAd(Anterior cingulate area dorsal part)
ACAd(Anterior cingulate area dorsal part) → 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 Anterior cingulate area dorsal part:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Anteroventral nucleus of thalamusAnterior cingulate area dorsal part lightnot knownHRP
Case pg180, fig5. Soma notes Within anterior thalamic nuclei, labeled cells concentrated in AM although a very few were ound in AD & AV as well. --Fig5: sparse-. Terminal notes 4 injections of HRP were placed in cingulate cortical are 24b. In case illustrated in fig5, inj placed in posterior part of area 24b at lvl of rostral pole of thalamus.
Thompson SM, Robertson RT., 1987

Support information about direct projections from Anterior cingulate area dorsal part to Nucleus accumbens:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Anterior cingulate area dorsal partNucleus accumbens moderatenot knownPHAL
Case pg228, fig7. Soma notes PHA-L inj was centered in {3,4,5,6}, of dorsal anterior cingulate and medial precental cortices. Terminal notes labelled axons in other parts of the forebrain ... in rostrolateral nucleus accumbens.
Sesack SR, Deutch AY, Roth RH, Bunney BS., 1989
Anterior cingulate area dorsal partNucleus accumbens moderatenot knownFluorogold
Collator note: in this case, the terminal field is more or less continuous across ACAd, PL and ILA. See Fig. 9A-B Swanson Atlas Levels 8-10.
Brog J.S., Salyapongse A., Deutch A.Y. & Zahm D.S., 1993
Anterior cingulate area dorsal partNucleus accumbens moderatenot knownFluorogold
Collator note: in this case, the terminal field is more or less continuous across ACAd, PL and ILA. See Fig. 9A-B Swanson Atlas Levels 8-10.
Brog J.S., Salyapongse A., Deutch A.Y. & Zahm D.S., 1993

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