Inferred network

R(Retina) → AD(Anterodorsal nucleus of the thalamus)
AD(Anterodorsal nucleus of the thalamus) → ENTm(Entorhinal area medial part, dorsal zone)
ENTm(Entorhinal area medial part, dorsal zone) → COAa(Cortical nucleus of the amygdala anterior part)
COAa(Cortical nucleus of the amygdala anterior part) → 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 Entorhinal area medial part, dorsal zone:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Anterodorsal nucleus of the thalamusEntorhinal area medial part, dorsal zone lightnot knownPHAL
Case pg434, fig12. Soma notes In case R588 with inj involving dorsomedial AD
Shibata H., 1993

Support information about direct projections from Entorhinal area medial part, dorsal zone to Cortical nucleus of the amygdala anterior part:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Entorhinal area medial part, dorsal zoneCortical nucleus of the amygdala anterior part moderatenot knownPHAL
The amygdala projection preferentially targets the olfactory amygdala structures
Kerr KM, Agster KL, Furtak SC & Burwell RD., 2007

Support information about direct projections from Cortical nucleus of the amygdala anterior part to Lateral hypothalamic area:
Sending structure Receiving structureStrength of projection Type of connectionTechniqueGeneral descriptionCollatorAssociated reference
Cortical nucleus of the amygdala anterior partLateral hypothalamic area existsnot knownPHAL
moderate along length of far lateral LHA] [earlier: Ono et al. Neurosci. Res. 2:221 1985 rat retrograde tracing; Price Chem. Senses 10:239 1985
Petrovich GD, Risold PY, Swanson LW, 1996