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The second tutorial, created by Mark Nelson, lets one perform voltage or current clamp experiments on a compartment containing Hodgkin-Huxley channels. The tutorial also provides the ability to block channels, to plot the Hodgkin-Huxley activation variables, and to generate phase plots. The accompanying exercises help the student understand the Hodgkin-Huxley model and the procedure used to calculate rate parameters from voltage clamp experiments. Other exercises elucidate the basis of post-inhibitory rebound and refractory period.