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Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) induce estrogenic phenotypes in sexual organs and cells by chronic stimulation through binding to estrogen receptors. Although cell death may be induced instead of phenotypic change by EDCs in germ cells, the mechanism of the effect of EDCs in neuronal cells is still obscure. Here we report that p-nonylphenol, one of the EDCs, induced apoptosis with up-regulation...