as we all known, there is some difference between the pyramidal neuron and interneuron in AHP, so how can we distinguish them by afterhyperpolarization?
If you give an intracellular depolarizing pulse that produces a train of action potentials. Of course first you can see if you have a fast-spiking interneuron - short halfwidth (0.5 msec or less) and no adaptation. Next to distinguish between low threshold-spiking inhibitory interneuron or an excitatory regular spiking neuron: you can look at the first AHP (first AP in train) and compare to the last AHP (last AP in train). If the first AHP is lower (more hyperpolarized) than the last, then it is a low-threshold spiking interneuron. If the last AHP is lower (more hyperpolarized) then it is likely an excitatory neuron. Are you attempting to record from pyramidal neurons? Is this visualized patch clamp? We have a couple of papers in which we used a few parameters to distinguish cell type.
Thank you very much for your detailed answer and papers@ Professor Kimberle M Jacobs. Yes, I attempt to record from pyramidal neurons, and it is visualized patch.Thanks again.