Inferred network

R(Retina) → AV(Anteroventral nucleus of thalamus)
AV(Anteroventral nucleus of thalamus) → SUBv(Subiculum ventral part)
SUBv(Subiculum ventral part) → MPNm(Medial preoptic nucleus medial part)
MPNm(Medial preoptic nucleus medial 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 Subiculum ventral part:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Anteroventral nucleus of thalamusSubiculum ventral part moderatenot 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 Subiculum ventral part to Medial preoptic nucleus medial part:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Subiculum ventral partMedial preoptic nucleus medial part existsnot knownPHAL
ventral and caudal
Canteras NS, Swanson LW., 1992

Support information about direct projections from Medial preoptic nucleus medial part to Lateral hypothalamic area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Medial preoptic nucleus medial partLateral hypothalamic area existsnot knownPHAL
Collator note: the MPN projection has a light contralateral representation, which was not described in detail.
Simerly RB, Swanson LW., 1988