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Starke, K. (1981). α-Adrenoceptor subclassification. In: Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Volume 88. Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, vol 88. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0034538
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