A note on the phase locking value and its properties

► We explore the properties of the phase locking value as a measure of phase coupling. ► We relate the PLV to the parameters of the von Mises distribution. ► We relate the PLV to parameters of complex circularly symmetric Gaussian processes. ► We compare PLV with cross-correlation in bivariate LFP data. ► We show that for the LFP data used here, these measures are equivalent.