What is the scientific explanation of brain freeze?

Neuroscientists explain how the sensation of brain freeze works Date: May 22, 2013 Source: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Summary: Brain freeze is practically a rite of summer. It happens when you eat ice cream or gulp something ice cold too quickly. The scientific term is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia, but that's a mouthful. read more

I've learned that brain freeze is caused by when you ingest something that's cold and it hits the upper palette of your mouth, causing your anterior cerebral artery to contract, which produces the sensation. read more

Brain freeze is also known as ice cream headache, cold stimulus headache, and sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia. It is a short-term headache typically linked to the rapid consumption of ice cream, ice pops, or very cold drinks. Brain freeze occurs when something extremely cold touches the upper palate (roof of the mouth). read more