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.

You’ve probably experienced that unpleasant feeling commonly referred to as brain freeze, ice cream brain, or an ice cream headache. This sensation, which can cause a short-term headache lasting from ...

Hot summer days tend to bring with them a spike in cases of sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia. That mouthful is less dangerous than it sounds. It’s more commonly known -- and easier to pronounce -- as ...

From our How To Do Everything podcast: If you've ever inhaled a slurpee too fast, you're likely familiar with sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia, which is another word for "ice cream headache," as well ...