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Only a small percentage of patients who receive methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) for previous heroin misuse eventually achieve abstinence and studies on such patients are rare.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291716001513_sec_a2\" sec-type=\"methods\"><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>The Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery and T<jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were used to study a cohort of 122 male individuals: a clinically stable opioid-dependent patient group receiving MMT (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 48), an abstinent previously MMT maintained group (ABS) (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 24) and healthy controls (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 50).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291716001513_sec_a3\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Stable MMT participants deliberated longer and placed higher bets earlier in the Cambridge Gambling Task (CGT) and showed impaired strategic planning compared with healthy controls. In contrast, ABS participants showed impairment in choosing the least likely outcome, delay aversion and risk adjustment on the CGT, and exhibited non-planning impulsivity compared with controls. MMT patients had widespread grey matter reductions in the orbitomedial prefrontal cortex, caudate, putamen and globus pallidus. In contrast, ABS participants showed midbrain\u2013thalamic grey matter reductions. A higher methadone dose at the time of scanning was associated with a smaller globus pallidus in the MMT group.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291716001513_sec_a4\" sec-type=\"conclusion\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our findings support an interpretation of heightened impulsivity in patients receiving MMT. Widespread structural brain abnormalities in the MMT group and reduced brain structural abnormality with abstinence suggest benefit of cessation of methadone intake. 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