Inferred network

R(Retina) → AV(Anteroventral nucleus of thalamus)
AV(Anteroventral nucleus of thalamus) → SUBv(Subiculum ventral part)
SUBv(Subiculum ventral part) → VMHvl(Ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus ventrolateral part)
VMHvl(Ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus ventrolateral 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 Ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus ventrolateral part:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Subiculum ventral partVentromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus ventrolateral part lightnot knownPHAL
earlier: Swanson & Cowan Science 189:303-304, 1975, rat, autoradiography
Canteras NS, Swanson LW., 1992

Support information about direct projections from Ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus ventrolateral part to Lateral hypothalamic area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus ventrolateral partLateral hypothalamic area existsnot knownautoradiography
earlier: Szentagothai et al. 1962, rat VMH as a whole, Nauta method; Millhouse BR 55:71, 1973, rat, Golgi method
Saper C.B., Swanson L.W., Cowan W.M., 1976
Ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus ventrolateral partLateral hypothalamic area existsnot knownPHAL
perifornical between AHN and RE
Canteras N.S., Simerly R.B., Swanson L.W., 1994