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We examined whether common genetic variation in outbred Sprague-Dawley rats explained variation in behavioral measures from three assays with established links to substance use: locomotor response to a novel environment, elevated plus maze, and tail flick. We estimated single-nucleotide polymorphism heritability and performed genome-wide association analyses using permutation-derived significance thresholds (N=534-654 rats across traits). Heritability estimates ranged from 0.14-0.38 across eleven traits. Three independent loci were identified: chromosome 1 for elevated plus maze open-arm behavior (\u03b1=0.05), chromosome 14 for elevated plus maze immobility (\u03b1=0.10), and chromosome 17 for tail flick latency (\u03b1=0.05). 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