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. 2018 Oct 3;44(2):259–273. doi: 10.1038/s41386-018-0232-4

Table 2.

Primary findings from fMRI studies of non-drug reward, affective and cognitive paradigms in individuals with OUD

Ref. OUD (N, Fn) HC (N, Fn) Drug Status Acute drug? Design Task Findings
Gradin et al. [57] 30, 0F 23, 0F H MMT 15 pre, 15 post MMT# Cross-sectional Monetary reward/loss OUD < HC (win vs. no-win): caudate, IPL, precuneus, cuneus, cerebellum
OUD < HC (loss avoidance vs. loss): insula, IFG, ventral striatum, caudate, PHG, SFG, MiFG, cerebellum
Yip et al. [58] 24, 16F 21, 12F H MMT Cross-sectional Monetary reward/loss OUD < HC (reward vs. loss): PCC, precuneus, IFG, dlPFC, insula
Wang et al. [63] 16, 0F 16, 0F H AB Cross-sectional Affective images OUD < HC (affective vs. neutral): amygdala
Schmidt et al. [64] 22, 8F 17, 4F H HMT Heroin vs. saline Random, DB, CO Fearful faces OUD > HC (fearful vs. neutral - saline only): L amygdala (ROI analysis)
Heroin < saline (fearful vs. neutral - OUD only): L amygdala (ROI analysis)
Schmidt et al. [65]a 22, 8F 17, 4F H HMT Heroin vs. saline Reanalysis of [64] Fearful faces OUD > HC (fearful vs. neutral – saline only): L fusiform-amygdala connectivity, R amygdala-R OFC connectivity
Heroin < saline (fearful vs. neutral – OUD only):
L fusiform – L amygdala connectivity, R amygdala-R OFC connectivity
Fu et al. [69] 20, 0F 18, 0F H AB Cross-sectional Go/NoGo OUD < HC (Go/NoGo vs. Go): mPFC, ACC, IFG, MeTG. insula, uncus, PHG, precuneus, SPL, MiTG
Schmidt et al. [70] 27, 7F H HMT Heroin vs. saline Random, DB, CO Go/no-go Heroin < saline (No-Go vs. Go; No-Go vs. Oddball, and Oddball vs. Go trials): IFG (ROI analysis)
Yucel et al. [71] 24, 11F 24, 11F H 10 MMT 14 BMT Cross-sectional Multi-Source Interference OUD < HC (con. vs. incon): lateral premotor, superior temporal, PMC
OUD > HC (con. vs. incon): superior & inferior parietal, occipital, lPFC, cerebellum

N total sample size, Fn number of female participants, Ref. reference, OUD opioid-use disorder, HC healthy control, F female, H heroin, MMT methadone maintenance treatment, BMT buprenorphine maintenance treatment, AB abstinent, HMT heroin maintenance treatment, random, DB, CO randomized, double-blind, cross-over, IPL inferior parietal lobule, IFG inferior frontal gyrus, PHG parahippocampal gyrus, SFG superior frontal gyrus, MiFG middle frontal gyrus, PCC posterior cingulate cortex, dlPFC dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, L left, ROI region of interest, R right, OFC orbitofrontal cortex, con. congruent, incon. incongruent, PMC primary motor cortex, lPFC lateral prefrontal cortex, ACC anterior cingulate cortex, MeTG medial temporal gyrus, SPL superior parietal lobule, MiTG middle temporal gyrus, ? not reported

aRe-analysis of [64]