We studied the direct and stromal cell-mediated effects of bone marrow Thy 1,2+ cells on the growth of granulocyte-macrophage and erythroid colonies from the bone marrow of CBA/CaLac mice with experimental neuroses (conflict situation and paradoxical sleep deprivation). Proliferation and differentiation of hemopoietic precursors during neuroses are controlled by regulatory T cells. In conflict situation Thy 1,2+ cells stimulate the growth of hemopoietic precursors, which is associated with their direct effect and interaction with adherent cells of the hemopoiesis-inducing microenvironment. The interaction of Thy 1,2+ cells with adherent bone marrow cells during paradoxical sleep deprivation stimulates the formation of only granulocyte-macrophage colonies.