Inferred network

R(Retina) → AD(Anterodorsal nucleus of the thalamus)
AD(Anterodorsal nucleus of the thalamus) → LM(Lateral mammillary nucleus)
LM(Lateral mammillary nucleus) → PL(Prelimbic area)
PL(Prelimbic area) → LHA(Lateral hypothalamic area)

Support information about direct projections from Retina to Anterodorsal nucleus of the thalamus:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
RetinaAnterodorsal nucleus of the 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 Anterodorsal nucleus of the thalamus to Lateral mammillary nucleus:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Anterodorsal nucleus of the thalamusLateral mammillary nucleus lightnot knownHRP/WGA
Case pg121, fig1RS. Soma notes In this case a large number of labeled cells were seen bilaterally in LM ?No topographic organization. --fig1R-T: dense-. Terminal notes Case R372 had injection involving medial part of AD & diffusion into adjoining parts of intralaminar nuclei and mediodorsal thalamic nucleus, but not into AV.
Shibata H., 1992

Support information about direct projections from Lateral mammillary nucleus to Prelimbic area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Lateral mammillary nucleusPrelimbic area light/moderatenot knownFluorogold
Lightly to moderately labeled sites were PAG, VTA, PH, IP, SUM, and LM (Fig. 5q–t).
Hoover W.B. & Vertes R.P, 2007

Support information about direct projections from Prelimbic area to Lateral hypothalamic area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Prelimbic areaLateral hypothalamic area existsnot knownautoradiography
Case pg56, fig2. Soma notes 3H A.A. inj.. Terminal notes not specified..
Beckstead RM., 1979
Prelimbic areaLateral hypothalamic area lightnot knownPHAL
Case pg216, fig4. Soma notes PHA-L inj, {3,4,5,6} caudal/central PL. Terminal notes perifornical area.
Sesack SR, Deutch AY, Roth RH, Bunney BS., 1989
Prelimbic areaLateral hypothalamic area moderatenot knownPHAL
Collator note: injection with PHAL shown in Fig. 4A, in PL, which corresponds to Swanson Atlas Level 9. The injection covers the entire PL with possible extension into the ventral ACd.
Fisk G.A. & Wyss J.M., 2000
Prelimbic areaLateral hypothalamic area light/moderatenot knownradioactive aminoacids
Collator note: continuous terminal field from the external capsule to the fornix, and ventrally up to the optic tract, covering amygdalar nuclei and LHA in this level. See Fig. 2D, Swanson Atlas Levels 26-27.
Beckstead RM., 1979