The seminal work on the disease came from British neurologist Macdonald Critchley, who in 1949 wrote a paper titled "Punch-drunk syndromes: the chronic traumatic encephalopathy of boxers."
Det skelsættende arbejde på sygdommen kom fra den britiske neurolog Macdonald Critchley, der i 1949 skrev en artikel kaldet "Punch-drunk syndromes: the chronic traumatic encephalopathy of boxers."