Please cite this article in press as: Calderón P, et al. Clonidine administration during intraoperative monitoring for pediatric scoliosis surgery: Effects on central and peripheral motor responses. Neurophysiologie Clinique/Clinical Neurophysiology (2017), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucli.2017.11.001 ARTICLE IN PRESS +Model NEUCLI-2585; No. of Pages 10 Neurophysiologie Clinique/Clinical Neurophysiology (2017) xxx, xxx—xxx Disponible en ligne sur ScienceDirect www.sciencedirect.com ORIGINAL ARTICLE Clonidine administration during intraoperative monitoring for pediatric scoliosis surgery: Effects on central and peripheral motor responses Administration de clonidine durant le monitorage per-opératoire de chirurgie de la scoliose en pédiatrie: effets sur les réponses motrices centrales et périphériques Pedro Calderón a , Paul Deltenre a,b,* , Ida Stany c , Jean-Paul Kaleeta Maalu d , Magali Stevens a , Jean Lamoureux d , Michel Bellemans d , Sylvie Dujardin a,1 , Philippe Van der Linden c , Bernard Dachy a a Department of neurology, université libre de Bruxelles, CHU Brugmann, 4, place Van-Gehuchten, 1020 Brussels, Belgium b Laboratory of sensory and cognitive neurophysiology, université libre de Bruxelles, CHU Brugmann, place Van-Gehuchten, 4, 1020 Brussels, Belgium c Department of anesthesiology, CHU Brugmann, Queen-Fabiola Children’s university hospital, université libre de Bruxelles, 15, avenue JJ Crocq, 1020 Brussels, Belgium d Department of orthopaedic surgery, Queen-Fabiola Children’s university hospital, université libre de Bruxelles, 15, avenue J-J-Crocq, 1020 Brussels, Belgium Received 26 July 2017; accepted 20 November 2017 KEYWORDS Alpha-2 adrenergic agonists; Summary Objective. — To study the effect of clonidine administrated as a co-analgesic during scoliosis surgery, on the neuromonitoring of spinal motor pathways. ∗ Corresponding author. E-mail address: paul.deltenre@chu-brugmann.be (P. Deltenre). 1 Current address: Sleep Medicine Center Kempenhaeghe Postbus 65, 5591 VE Heeze, The Netherlands https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucli.2017.11.001 0987-7053/© 2017 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.