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) → NIc(Nucleus incertus compact part)
NIc(Nucleus incertus 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 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 incertus compact part:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Anterior cingulate area dorsal partNucleus incertus compact part moderatenot knownCTB
layer 5 of ACAd
Goto M., Swanson L.W., Canteras N.S., 2001

Support information about direct projections from Nucleus incertus compact part to Lateral hypothalamic area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Nucleus incertus compact partLateral hypothalamic area existsnot knownPHAL
moderate subfornical L-shaped region at level of AHNd in rostral tip dorsolateral to the rostral SO; earlier: see Takagi et al. BR 193:315 1980 rat retrograde HRP; Berk & Finkelstein Neuroscience 6:1601 1981 rat retrograde HRP
Goto M., Swanson L.W., Canteras N.S., 2001