The ice cream headache known as brain freeze is brought on by a rapid increase in blood flow through a major blood vessel in the brain,the anterior cerebral artery.
Scientists have explained why eating ice cream too quickly can cause a painful headache--commonly known as brain freeze.
Researchers at the National University of Ireland in Galway and Harvard Medical School have found that the pain was brought on by a rapid increase in blood flow through a major blood vessel in the brain,the anterior cerebral artery,the Daily Telegraph reported.
They hope to use the discovery to develop new treatments for migraine.
科学家日前解释了为何食用冰淇淋速度过快会导致被称为“脑结冰”的严重头痛。
据英国《每日电讯报》报道,爱尔兰国立大学戈尔韦分校和哈佛医学院的研究人员共同发现,这种疼痛是由于脑部主要血管,即大脑前动脉中的血流量突然增加造成。
他们希望借助这项发现找出治疗偏头痛的方法。