Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine
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Sep 13, 2026
Mindy ThomasHOST
Okay.
Mindy ThomasHOST
So according to Dr. Stephanie Vertrees, a headache specialist and a professor at the Texas A&M College of Medicine, brain freeze is what happens when cold food touches a bundle of nerves in the back of your palate or, you know, the roof of your mouth.
Guy RazSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, this must've been something different because it, it felt more like a quick, sharp headache.
Mindy ThomasHOST
Well, that's because that bundle of nerves called the sphenopalatine ganglion-
Guy RazSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And?
MindySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Okay, so according to Dr. Stephanie Vertrees, a headache specialist and a professor at the Texas A&M College of Medicine, brain freeze is what happens when cold food touches a bundle of nerves in the back of your palate, or you know, the roof of your mouth.
Guy RazSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, this must've been something different because it, it felt more like a quick, sharp headache.
MindySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, that's because that bundle of nerves called the sphenopalatine ganglion-