This was all very strange.

Upon enhancing the musicality and frequency of a human brain and revising a neuron's ionic channel, the idea was to expose consciousness as a law of physics. Specifically, the will. The idea was to create a higher pulsicity of brain function to create tension between the lower evolutionary forms of brain function (the reptilian brain) and the higher abstraction consciousness (the mammalian mind).
The key was the synaptic accelerator--a system of high doses of precursors to neuron receptors and electromagnetic stimulation.
When tested on the skink lizard, they seemed to be overwhelmed, pushed beyond their physiological means of brain function. Of twenty lizards tested, seven had fatal results. Four seemed to become irreversibly paralyzed. The concluding nine scampered wildly in what appeared to be a highly manic state.
Our assumptions passed this trial, but were not yet verified. There was then a new project ran to do the same experiment on animals with limbic and neocortex brain systems. Strangely, we were never told the actual results, only given clearances to continue to its final stage: human testing.
The only reason many of us decided to move forward was the grant offer for such a project. What we did not know kept us only curious and we assumed the longer we remained in the project the more likely we would be debriefed.

At the reductionist level the idea that an increase of neuron triggers would cause an increase of the mind's symbology. Which, in turn, would increase conscious involvement in the physical universe. To avoid a feeling of being overwhelmed the patient would be isolated as to make the (theoretically) increased consciousness to be in a reflective, contemplative state.
The next stage of the experiment, although never reached, would involve attempts of mental control of physical objects, i.e. telekinesis.
However, users report a nearly consistent hallucination upon taking the newly reworked synaptic accelerator. It should also be noted that when induced longer for a period of five minutes, the patient would revert to trauma, yet would be easily "revived" upon ending the treatment.
Any attempts of experiment after treatment were impossible. The only thing that experimenters had as data with were users anecdotal experiences, which, in the eyes of funding and scientists, were useless.
Yet poignantly dashed with sensationalism.
Funders of the experiment, upon hearing audio recordings of post-experience interviews, ordered such recollections destroyed and ordered all patients involved to be committed for one reason or another. These patients, seven in total, were removed rather quickly... to make their story short, there were seven tragic acts of suicide.
Their stories still loomed through its retelling by individuals friends and family. The content of their experiences were deemed uncontrollable, but, as always, the validity was.
All researchers involved were threatened with losing our careers and reputations. We were to contact someone upon every press interview, every inquiry from some rogue reporter. We were told exactly what to say. Any discrepancy, we were assured, would cost us.
This was all very strange.